Posted by PeterD on 11/16/30 11:36

D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk> wrote:

> It *does* matter! When you emphasize you should do it by making clear
> you are listening to the person you are emphasizing with, and by showing
> them with eye contact that you understand their feelings. A nice hug, if
> appropriate, will also help. I don't think that a few punctuation marks
> are really going to make you seem emphathetic.

Now look, if you're not going to take this seriously I'm going to commit
some apostrophe abuse, call you some colour of Nazi, point out that I've
been on Usenet since Babbage invented it, apply a little ad hominem then
take my prejudices elsewhere.

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Pd

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