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To: Rambi who wrote (1117)	4/11/1998 11:49:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (4) of 4710

Penni, I think the widespread use of emoticons is yet another sign that letter-writing is a lost art. I think also that adding this bastardized punctuation is vaguely insulting, in that it all but shouts to the intended recipients that their reading comprehension is of doubtful competence. I cannot imagine the letters between, say, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning being punctuated by "<g>," ":-)," and ":-(" I laugh at the mental picture of the masses of historical documents and great literature with liberal placements of emoticons. While I rebel at peppering my prose with "<vbg>," etc., I still do it because such seems expected in this relatively new medium of electronic communication. When in Rome . . . As people become comfortable in the knowledge that their chosen words clearly express their intent, I think we will once again communicate in writing without "<vbg>," ":-)," "(-:" etc. Holly

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