2009/11/7 <wjhon...@aol.com>: > > > Isn't it however Michael true that a plain text message conveys little to no > "tone" > I could say the above sentence with anger, with sarcasm, with hope and > without emotion at all. > You cannot tell how I'm inflecting it, simply by the words. > Sometimes or even most-times people will add the tone. > Some people's manner of address is direct, and that is read, in an email, by > some, as a form of caustic speech I suppose. That doesn't however mean that > that is the way it was intended to be understood.
Indeed. My standard advice for people on how to interpret my text-based messages is this: If in doubt, I don't mean any offence. If I want to offend you, I will leave you in no doubt. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
