That's good enough for me. ;-) ----- Original Message ----- 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 ----- Original Message ----- 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. > > > -- > http://www.tink.co.uk/ > > > > > _____ > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 662 of my spam emails to date. 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