[net.lang] Re FLOW | FLAW charts z1 z2

ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (09/14/83)

Here is a good example of misunderstanding sarcasm in writing.
One can sometimes do it with the spoken word and the listener
may understand.  The net convention of  " :-) " sometimes
helps our printed communication.   Too bad there is not a
generally accepted convention outside the net.

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  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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stevens@inuxa.UUCP (09/16/83)

By the way, just what DOES " :-) " signify, anyway?

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