[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Spring.flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:21:42 -0000
Hi Amro,
OK, I can do the smily faces and the sad faces, :-) etc but what's the sign for
a wink please?
I also use LOL a lot but I too have noticed that some people on some lists,
usually for the blind spell out the words, sometimes with a * in front and
behind.
Interesting topic actually!!
Trace
----- 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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