From: Guest, Ken (kengu at domain credo.ie)
Date: Tue 04 Jul 2000 - 13:41:52 IST
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#From: Mark Fallon [mailto:Mark.Fallon at domain oracle.com]
#Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 13:37
#To: Guest, Ken
#Cc: 'kevin lyda'; 'ilug at domain linux.ie'
#Subject: Re: [ILUG] [More list splitting] Newbie list?? (new list)
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#> And I suppose we might then want to split all existing lists
#into 2 streams;
#> one for people who can spell and punctuate emails correctly,
#and one for
#> those who
#> either can't or just couldn't be bothered.
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#> Ken
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#there is a great history in irish writing of ignoring punctuation
#and spelling think of joyce's ulysses and his onomatopoeic prose
That does not mean they are correct in doing so. Your point reminds me
of a quote from the Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett:
'You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation
was "but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't
have been wrong, can they?'
Ken
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