On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: > Chris Devers wrote: > > > Please make an effort to use conventional spelling. > > "any1" isn't cute; it's annoying. > > No offence intended , but I think that is still ok. I think it is in > the spirit of perl to reduce typing as much as possible. > > After all we just are sharing knowledge, not writing a grammer test
I'm certainly not the list-mom, and you're right in that people can express themselves however they like, no matter how infantile. But if someone is coming to a list looking for help, it certainly can't help to at least try to come across as an adult. "any1" and "tks" do not come across as grownup spelling. People don't have to use conventional spelling to write to this list, but if you're going to write that way, you shouldn't be surprised if you get no help, or aren't taken seriously. But I'm not setting the rules, just hoping to steer us away from this mutilated, stunted, juvenile, incomprehensible version of English. Feel free to write like a teenage dropout if you think that's wise to do. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
