Re: indian-isp

[Lokesh Setia <lsetia@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Sorry to be a part of this flame, but, I am towards raju on this issue.
See, we all make spelling mistakes once in a while. I'm not saying that we
should read it a dozen times through a spell checker before posting, but
this man has a very annoying signature which goes like:

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BYE. Will Keep In Touch.  Plz ignore any spelling and
gramatical bugs.
- ----

What's most annonying is use of slangs/shortcuts (Plz, u, r etc.) when
they aren't necessary. And the above signature has a spelling bug in
itself.(finding it is left as an exercise).

By "experienced internet users" it is not meant for those who are into
chatting since the last 5 years, but who are probably into more
technicalities of networking, computing etc. (which raj surely is).
Anyway, the net etiquettes for irc and e-mail is different, and any
`experienced' internet user will tell you this.

Having an occasional spelling mistake is by no means a problem, but having
a apology for that in .signature file surely is. It shows how careless you
are. Plain, simple english is what we expect, and nothing more. Lately, 
people (more of newbies) have come to think, that in chat/email one has 
to use "u" or "r" in order to stay with the world. And don't come telling
me that's the way e-mail works. These shortcuts are for those (winduhs?)
users who only know how to use the mouse, not the keyboard. Ok, even SMTP
has a spelling bug in HELO, but i won't sue it for that ;-).

Regards,
Lokesh Setia,
<lsetia@xxxxxxxxxxx>

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Prem Kurian Philip wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> Oh please! This is not an english literature forum.
> The man had a question and he raised it, what if
> his language is not "propah", as long as you can
> understand what he is saying...


> 
> As to "experienced Internet users". -- well, seems
> like you don't have too much experience with these
> "experienced Internet users"...try one of these IRC
> sites on the net where geeks come together to
> discuss everything from DES to Gimp and you
> will get my drift.
> 
> Could use a little less snobbishness around here..
> 
> Regards,
> Prem Kurian Philip
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 7:21 AM
> Subject: indian-isp
> 
> 
> > >>>>> "Senthil" == ChenthilWhelan  <chenthil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> >     Senthil> [snip]
> > 
> >     Senthil> BYE. Will Keep In Touch.  Plz ignore any spelling and
> >     Senthil> gramatical bugs.
> > 
> > If you can't be bothered to proof-read your message once before you
> > send it why should I be bothered to read your message at all?
> > 
> > It may sound c00l and 3l33t to use abbreviations and some weird
> > dialect of English in messages, but frankly it's a pain to read, which 
> > is why you never find experienced Internet users speaking anything but 
> > plain, simple and proper English in e-mail messages.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -- Raju
> > 
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