Posted by Graeme Wall on 11/16/74 11:36

In message <1h8o0s3.wg6jed1v61gdeN%pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid>
pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote:

> 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,

You can be arrested for that and Trussed up.

> 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.
>

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website:
<http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/index.html>

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