Re: Emoji: emoticons vs. literacy

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2009 - 17:24:02 CST

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    On 7 Jan 2009, at 23:13, Asmus Freytag wrote:

    > On 1/7/2009 3:00 PM, Rick McGowan wrote:
    >>

    >> Asmus, and others... This bit of e-fashion is becoming annoyingly e-
    >> common. Please, if you want to add your voice to what someone else
    >> has just written, then please write something that requires more
    >> than one bit to relay. Or at least truncate their note.
    >>
    > Which I did, so there you have my -1 on your message [insert
    > emoticon of your choice here]. You will note the "..." that elided
    > lengthy passages not needed. I have no choice but to retain the full
    > message below so you can see for yourself.

    Asmus (and others), if you want your opinion noted, use real words,
    and not +1 or -1. It's not hard.

    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com



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