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| I've been reading this thread and here's my intuition about what's going on:
I can tell Green Jello enjoys reading each and every post, especially posts from Zoebird. I think some posters have a "chemistry" (not sexual, just mutual interest) and I could tell Zoebird and Green Jello would have a special bond after reading they both like Metallica.
I think Green Jello doesn't want to miss a word from Zoe's posts but for lack of time or energy (it does seem to take a certain energy of the eye/brain to read off a computer screen) he can't throughouly (I can never spell that word!) read and respond to her in-depth and well researched posts.
For myself, my problem is three-fold: 1. Sometimes I don't have time to read each word in a post. 2. Sometimes I'm too tired to read off a computer screen. 3. I often have the attention span of a gnat.
Zoebird formats her posts in short paragraphs, which is almost like reading bulleted information (which is great for short attention spans). Whew, I'm done! |
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| fee:
thanks for your ideas and assessment. perhaps that is part of the larger picture.
i also had a great deal of trouble with 'thoroughly' for many years. i have trouble spelling in general, and so i strive to improve by learning to spell and type one work properly until i 'get' it, and then i move onto another word. i'm still learning 'therapuetics.' i'm getting there--i'm not entirely sure that's right. I've been working on it for months. usually, it helps me to have a way of thinking about it.
for 'thoroughly' i think "throw roughly' and then 'thoroughly' and that seems to get me there. i know it's weird. |
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| Oh you kids! I go away for the weekend and look at the mess you have made of the house  
zoebird - you know me kiddo. I never meant to suggest your posts were too long in any way except that they are indeed too long for me to read sometimes. And as somebody says, I would prefer to be able to read every word but sometimes I can't and that is absolutely fine with me. I know I often either give the quick and dirty answer or don't answer at all and that is sometimes not at all satisfying for the OP. I kind of count on you to come in and give the full scoop, to be honest. And of course, as always, I stand in awe of your typing skills!
I know I should say something personal to each of the others who were in this conversation but I am jet lagged and my eyes are starting to glaze...sorry!
PS - we are trying to get my MIL on some B12 to help with memory loss. I'll let you know if it works. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Well, the main problem I have with ya'lls  typing skills is that being the perfectionist Legal Secretary/Administrative Assistant that I am..not to mention an English teacher......sometimes, I cannot deal with the non-capitalization and punctuation!!! It would take me an hour just to go in and make all those corrections. like this for instance. i want to take a trip to europe and possibly go to italy. L - like, I - as in I, E - europe, I - Italy all should be capital letters, not lower case,
Edited by Cyndi 2005-10-24 2:56 PM
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| That's funny, Cyndi. I have a hard time reading posts (from anyone) using improper grammar and punctuation, too. It seems harder to read - almost like I'm reading slang or incorrect syntax and my brain tries to fix it along the way. It's downright exhausting.
(I have a personal pet peeve against the use of "i" when it should be "I", as in I am Fifi or I am a dolphin. When I was on Match.com a few years ago I automatically deleted men who wrote in all small letters. Just symbolic, I guess.)
All caps aren't good, either. Too much like yelling - see Sideshow's link to types of posters...
Hope everyone's having a good Monday ~ |
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| Thanks for your info. I really appreciated it. They're helpful.
My statement or question, I think it should be both of them. I just post some info which I read in the newspaper or internet, and I want know your ideals, for I am not so sure of it. I think it would be helpful for me and the others. And also I want to give my students the correct answer if some of them ask me about it.
It's not that I don't care. It's only today when I have time to come here. Thank you all. Don't be upset.  |
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| Me too Fifi (ref. Match.com experience)! Amazing!
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| hee hee hee... |
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