Re: :) ;) %)> :( & etc,,,,,,,,,,


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Posted by Ian Wright on December 25, 2002 at 20:46:38 from 62.253.32.7 user Ian_Wright.

In Reply to: Re: :) ;) %)> :( & etc,,,,,,,,,, posted by Peter H on December 25, 2002 at 14:22:30:

“ first, we all need to know what the codes mean. ,,,,,,,,,,but these codes seem a bit 'nerdish' to me.”

Not to worry, you’ll get the hang of things soon enough, and when you do people who don’t will probably think you a little ‘nerdish’ too.

“Had I known you were joking, I would not have flown off the handle. But you made no attempt subsequently to explain this,”

Sure I did, in my third post I wrote “.If I can quote myself in full, I wrote "I don't understand how people can be AR fans and not also be boat owners. ;) ". You and others seem to have failed to notice the important ";)"”

“I have to assume that anyone sailing with you will similarly be expected to know the ropes (literally) without any explanation.”

Not if you read my first post, quote: “This is not a commercial deal, you wont be asked to pay, I don’t even need you to be able to sail. Mind you, I do like enthusiasm.”

“I seem to recall that you were the person who once objected to initials being used for AR's books! “

I was. The habit seems to me to be lazy and disrespectful both to the books and to AR. (abbreviation deliberate) but hardly a parallel with ‘emoticons’ or ‘smilies’ .

Cheers
IanW





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