In a message dated 5/19/00 8:58:13 AM Central Daylight Time, istuner@islandia.is (Kristinn Leifsson) writes: << > >David I. > >Has anyone seen a BB message which included IMHO? > No, but I´ve seen a DI message with childishness to be expected of people my age. >> Thanks, Kristin. I don't read most of DI's messages, I just delete them. If DI really read my posts for their intent rather than immediately putting his *interpretation* based on the hatred, jealosy and misunderstanding of what I do and say, he would not write the things he does. If he really did read my posts carefully, he would know that I often spell out the words, "in my opinion" when I think that what I have to say is based more on an opinion rather than something objective based on facts or clinical experience. I dislike the use of acronyms unless they have the words first spelled out and then the acronym in parentheses. This is a way to avoid repeating the same, often long words many times. I often see acronyms used repeatedly for which I have no idea or clue of the meaning. To me, the use of overly used acronyms such as the "IMHO" (which I did not understand the meaning of for a very long time) is an example of poor writing technique, space filler. They are unnecessary, often not understood and often misused. Those "smiley faces" are also something that I would rarely use for the same reasons. If you use it after virtually everything you write, people ignore them, they become meaningless. If you use them only on a rare occasion, they are more effective. It's all a matter of style. I don't care at all to try to match or blend in with the same style as some other regulars on this List. If it means that they delete my messages and they delete mine, it is of no particular concern to me. In my opinion, it would not at all be necessary, contributory or useful to put "IMHO" at the end of this post just because a lot of other people usually would. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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