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Humour or,....
When I was first reading messages on the Contest Canada mailing list
I noticed a bunch of messages,
which when read initially appeared to be sour grapes.
However, when read with a sarcastic tone in my voice they sounded a lot more sensible.
Recently one more of these messages came up as a bunch of people were trying to solve a trivia contest.
The contest question was challenging. It was tough.
The group's answer ended up being incomplete.
One person wrote the following day when the winner was anounced that the woman who won (unknown to the group) should be "Spam'd" because "she was talking our prizes"
At the close of the message were the three letters LOL. People new to the list took this as
a mean spirited remark. (It was pretty much what I did in past.)
Well, the LOL is actually short for Laughing Out Loud.
In all seriousness everyone working on the contest answer certainly believes that the prize
was the winners. That woman earned it and we all wish her well.
The Sum:
Short Forms
Periodically, Almost Daily you will encounter terms such
as LOL, :),... Some of the more common
are listed below.
Snipping Text
Many mailers are setup so as they quote
/ include a message's text when a user replies to a
message.
When replying please remove the excess text. Sure Keep that which seems
relevant,... but cut away the extra.
To most of us who read messages individually this may seem trivial.
However, for the people who get the mailing list messages
in Digest Format, i.e. all the messages lumped into one
message,... it is a very big help.
Trust Me
About Television Programs and Spoiler Space
As I write this there is another
production of the popular Survivor
program being broadcast once a week between 8 and 9 pm local time.
There is also a game, and one with a mighty serious prize, concerning
picking the winner before the final survivor is known to the world.
Well, in a helpful attempt recently one new member,
living in the Eastern or Atlantic Time Zone
announced who the winner was in message with format much as below:
XYZZY was kicked off.
Well, two others had announced, within seconds of each other
the following
If you want to know who was kicked out of the tribe on Survior Tonight just read on.
XYZZY has left the stage.
The reason for the longer format isn't to make it easier to read,..
as it obviously is incrementally harder to read,...
but rather because a number of
list members living
in timezones where the show hadn't yet been broadcast,
and those who just had their VCR's set to
record the program and view the tape later may want to
learn of the result at time of their own choosing.
So, if you are going to post a sort of message
that common sense tells us someone may care to
delay reading,... please feel encouraged to post in the
longer format.
It makes life a lot easier on the list.
The one thing I try to get across is that messages posted on the list should
be read
in the light most favourable to the author.
Chances are that's how it's intended.
This often appears in a subject line
To: ContestCanada@Egroups.Com
Subject: Survivor
To: ContestCanada@Egroups.Com
Subject: Survivor
35 lines of spoiler space follows.
1
2
3
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32
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35
The longer format for this type of message let's these people
make an educated decision regarding reading the balance of the
message.
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