[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:25:37 -0000
That's good enough for me. ;-)
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From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
Barry I have noticed people on this list putting it at the end of a
paragraph.
Eleanor
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From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
> How is an emoticom used in a sentence? Is it just tagged on before the
> full
> stop, is it put in brackets or between the less than and greater than
> signs
> or is it just tagged on at the end of a paragraph after the full stop?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Léonie Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:21 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
>
>
> They're called emoticons and they're very much part of communicating
> for
> and with sighted people. If you're interested in knowing more, I wrote a
> guide to emoticons which can be found on my website:
> http://www.tink.co.uk/content/emoticons.php
>
>
> Léonie.
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Dave Taylor
> Sent: 12 November 2008 10:59
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
>
>
>
> Well if we want to operate in the sighted world, I think we shouldn't take
> that attitude and we should develop a way of using them. If we want to
> decide we can't be bothered because it doesn't suit us, why shoul he world
> accommodate some of our needs when it doesn't suit them? I just think we
> need to go one way or the other, our own world with our own rules, or join
> in properly in as many ways as we can!
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Peter Beasley
> Sent: 12 November 2008 10:49
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
>
>
>
> Hfere Here!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Carol Pearson <mailto:carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:46 AM
>
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
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>
>
> Well, here's my take on it!
>
>
>
> I don't use winks and smiles, or grins are about all I do use. The thing
> is, I don't remember the signs for them and so just write out the words
> within < and > signs to make them perfectly readable. I'm not on lists
> where there are more sighted people than blind, so why should I care!
> <Smiles>
>
>
>
> Hope that clarifies things a little for you!
>
>
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> ---- Original Message----
> From: Amro Bilal
> To: Access-UK
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:24 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] An observation and a curiosity
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This might be OT, not really sure but here goes.
>>
>> I noticed on this list that people don't use smileys and winks such
>> as :) ;) etc. People rather write smile, wink and what have you. I've
>> never come across this practise on any other emailing list or
>> internet forum. It struck me that even literate computer users on
>> this list do that. So I wander, is there a reason for this practise?
>> Do Braille users find wink signs confusing for instance? Excuse my
>> ignorance, but I rely on my screen reader's speech output and I've
>> never had any problems with reading winks. I started doing what
>> everyone else does on this list and the Jaws list but never asked
>> why!
>>
>> If there's a good reason behind this I'd be glad to learn it. If
>> there isn't, then IMHO this is a bad habit. What applies to other
>> internet forums I believe should apply here too unless there's a
>> justification for doing otherwise. Am I being pedantic? Would love to
>> here other people opinions!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Amro
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