use of html now acceptable ?

[dave morton]

Again....
Not to seem too stuffed shirt ( he he he.... LOL, 'n e how, he he he...) I 
wish to be able to understand the dialog. I am not railing against sloppy 
sentence structure, typos, poor grammar or the like; those are all 
perfectly acceptable. What I am simply requesting is that colloquial 
writing styles try to be avoided. If you can 'rap' the question to the tlug 
in a clear format, or as an acrostic poem, I don't care; just so long as 
the meaning is clear.

Avoid graphical smiley faces and non sequiturs. I learn buckets from 
reading these mailing lists, so clarity and economy of words is really 
appreciated.

I grew up in the 60's where every other word uttered was 'man' , 'cool' , 
'bitchin!' etc. Even Jack Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg, the writers, who wrote 
for my generation, did not write as if they were talking to another member 
of the beat generation.

Posting to these types of lists can be educational, interesting and fun. 
Don't spoil it by using terms which are too technical to be understood by 
the average reader, or too 'street' to understand by the average old guy!

dave

At 10:40 AM 27/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>dave morton wrote:
>
>>I notice the use of html emoticons (i.e. smileys etc) creeping into
>>technical discussion lists. Is this now considered good form?
>>
>>I don't wish to be labelled a curmudgeon, but let's all try to use
>>"big boy/big girl" grammar and form. Slang usage such as bein', n e ways 
>>etc are best left in informal forums such as instant messaging. Turn off 
>>the html PLEASE.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>--
>>The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
>>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
>>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
>c'mon Dave; as long as the discussion is relevant and the meaning is clear
>do you really think there's no room the the writer to use his/her personal 
>style ?
>It's not like our clients are reading this.
>You are, IMHO, correct in the attempt to squelch the use of HTML.
>(or should I type hypertext markup language .. ?)
>
>;-)
>
>djp
>
>--
>The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml