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[quigonginger]

> > Ginger before:
> > The skinny one is the number and the fat one is the capitol letter.

> Kathy W:
> Well, obviously your apology for your atrocious behavior was 
> insincere! Because in your very next post---I mean the keys couldn't 
> even have cooled off---you call O fat! O isn't fat. O is just 
exactly 
> the size O should be! If you ask me, 0 is an unhealthy size. But I'd 
> be more concerned about what kind of number 0 tries to be and how O 
> behaves than whether or not they are the prefect size!!!!!
> 
> (You know I'm kidding, right?)
>

Ginger now:

You know, I actually thought that when I was typing.

OK, then.  0 (the number) is more ovoid, where O (the letter) is more 
roundish, not that either shape is preferential or in any way better 
than the other.  Both are perfectly good representations of the 
characters which they signify, nor is either in any way superiour to 
the other.  Nor are letters or numbers in and of themselves better 
than the other in any way, save that typing the numbers saves a lot of 
letters, in which case they are perfectly good shorthand versions of 
the concepts the letters would have represented should they have been 
written out in their entirety.

The lack of inclusion of o (the lowercase letter) is not in any way to 
be construed as ignoring said letter, but rather that it was not 
mentioned due to the fact that it is not as easily confused with the 
other two characters.  It is, however preferable when using it as the 
nose in a smiley-face thingie ;o)

Somebody feed that / a cheeseburger.

Ginger, glad that McCartney and Wonder used the other keyboard as a 
reference in their commentary about peace, tolerance and acceptance.