[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:46:15 -0000
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
---- 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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