Hey, glad to see Luke still on the list! As an english professor, I don't mind helping folks with the conventions of english, but as a listboy, I've learned to let ideas sink in with a wider variety of conventions...I'm tired though of those who attack intelligent analysis or care with language in the name of Salinger...his fiction is about intelligence as well as being intelligent--and his care with language is exquisite. As usual, the divisions seem to be generational...will On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Luke Seemann wrote: > > >*for those of you who would be inclined to complain about my writing in > > >lower case letters might i point out that e.e. cummings tended to write in > > >lower case letters...and i've never heard anyone accuse him of being lazy!* > > >:) > > > And nobody's ever accused him of being easy to read, either. There is a > reason why God invented capital letters: Typographically they make > sentences and paragraphs easier for the eyes -- and then the mind -- to > digest. > > L. > > > Luke Seemann o----------------------------------------- > http://www.stardot.com/~lukeseem | "Sometimes nothing can be > (847) 424-9605 stubb@nwu.edu | a pretty cool hand." > -----------------------------------o -- C.S. Lewis > > >