I prefer pseudo "HTML tags" like <G> or <LOL> or </sarcasm> but there are undoubtedly people that don't get them. 0e60wq102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Yes, I've found that attempts at humorous or harmless sarcasm run a danger >of being misinterpreted as deliberate rancour or insult. For instance, after >I ran a post recently about anyone named 'Dell' should run a domain search >before changing their name so as not to offend the Dell Computer Company, I >realized afterwards the whole attempt at humor ran a serious risk of being >interpreted as pure offensiveness and wished I had not written a word. :-) >I do prefer the more simple smilie with a colon and a right parentheses >mark,although it's only a personal thing, and enjoy getting them either way, >and I think the new way of adding the three dots to keep it from becoming >the'new' yellow-face html smilie, also helps differentiate it from a simple >typo... > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >http://Flower.LocalStreets.com - A Network Of Top Florists > >For a web-based membership management utility and information on list >policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ > >To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with >"unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject. > > > > > > For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject.