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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Olin Lathrop [mailto:olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:02 AM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [PIC]: A metronome project
>
>
>> Yes Mom.
>> Look I know how to "speak proppa" when I need to. This however was =
just
>> a quip.
>> One of my pet hates is grammar nuts on email lists.
>
>One of my pet hates is people who flagrantly disregard the simple rules =
to
>the point of making it difficult for others.
>
>> the thing only has 2 sentances does it really make that much of a
>> difference?
>
>Yes, although you slipped into 6 year old mode again.  Sloppy crap like
>that says one of the following:
>
>"I'm so much more important than you, so I don't need to spend the =
extra
>.1 seconds on common courtesy to make my post a little easier to read."
>
>"My attention to detail is so bad that I just blew thru several =
sentences
>without even noticing the missing periods and upper case letters =
(duh!)."
>
>"I'm too arrogant to bother with things like grammer and punctuation.
>That's everyone else's job."
>
>"I flunked out of school in second grade."
>
>So, which one is it?

// Begin Rant

I'm with Olin on this one.

Especially in a newsgroup or forum, you are percieved by how=20
well (or poorly) you communicate. Style, format, and diction=20
become a large part of your identity. Perhaps the writer=20
chooses this style to appear "Hip", "Cool", or whatever.

From my own perspective, the result was to appear sloppy,=20
juvenile, and arrogant.(perhaps that's what's cool these days?)

I think it interesting that many Piclisters don't speak english=20
as a native language, but still express themselves with better clarity
than the aforementioned message.

Writing well is not a requirement, just a courtesy to the 1200 people
that you are asking help from. At least try to make a minimal effort.

Regarding the missing periods, I am willing to consider the =
possibilities.
Perhaps the writers keyboard is post-menopausal?

Rant over, time for lunch
Lyle

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