[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re:, was question for Amanda now poor punctuation

[Jen Faulkner]

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Doreen wrote:

> I may be wrong, but I think the effect they are trying for here is one of
> *my* pet peeves ... and that is the little quotation thingy that people
> do
> in the air with their fingers when they are trying to add extra emphasis
> to
> a word or phrase or they are being sarcastic. Who the heck started that
> annoying action, anyway?

But surely people don't do that *just* for emphasis, do they?  It
indicates sarcasm or disbelief, *not* emphasis -- at least whenever I've
seen anyone do / done that.  It also means something along the lines of
'so-called'... that's how I used it in my presentation on Alessandro
Barchiesi's book "The Poet and The Prince" on Tuesday; to problematize
the use of terms 'discourse', 'Augustan', and 'propaganda', I did indeed
make little quotey-things in the air...

> Doreen, who USED to capitalize for emphasis until someone told her it was
> *very* rude ... now she likes the *star* thingy ... and writing in third
> person *weg*

Actually, AFAIK, it's not rude to capitalize ONE word for
emphasis; what's rude is to POST IN ALL CAPS, which is generally
regarded as equivalent to yelling.  

--"jen" :)

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