actually Hal the first paragraph is very readable and understandable - I had no problem with it. Just because it uses Australian slang doesn't make it incomprehensible. It just adds some personality to the conversation.
This is a conversation, not elocution lessons. If somebody writes something I do not understand then I just skip it. I don't give lectures.
Sorry hal but all the "I am not attacking the writer.." waffle doesn't mean that your post is anything other than an ad hominem.
Mick
Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigita
but it is a point to all those who don't care enough to make their
posts readable. (And I repeat that paragraph a number of times in this
message to make the point it's not about her, it's about posts written
so poorly it's hard to know what is being said.)
On Saturday 28 July 2007, bitch_n_pack wrote:
> ---hi, i like jen also am wondering why?? you would be using so much
> of this stuff.
> if you have a dog off his tucker hes crook usually. or the foods not
> appealing, or its just plain too well fed..
> a fast day also works! and its free!
This isn't meant as an attack on who the writer is or what she thinks,
but it is a point to all those who don't care enough to make their
posts readable.
I stopped reading this post here. Why? I couldn't follow it or
understand it. I'm not trying to be judgemental or condescending, but
this has come up before. I have a learning disability and, without
spellcheck, would have a terrible time making sure my email was
readable (no, not dyslexia, but not far off). I work hard and have to
retype many words and sentences because I get letters and words mixed
up. I do that because I want people to understand what I'm writing.
"Yo, Brutus, you just glad to see me or is that a knife under your cloak?"Julius Caesar
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