This is certainly something I suspected from the beginning, but I went ahead with posting my take on it on the offhand chance that Scottie was serious. This being, because it was more important to me to be clear on where I stand on this issue even if it is not one, than to idly accept these limits (I no longer consider them "limits" after Scottie's clarification yesterday). I also assumed that the people on this list are probably not the type to make statements like that simply out of boredom, when I'm bored, I read. I just wish I was bored more often. -Chris --- Hotbuns200@aol.com wrote: > I don't think Scotty even really cares if people > capitalize, etc. I think > he's just messing with you guys. e-mailing is so > anonymous, it's easy to > screw with people when you're bored. I always go > into nerd chatrooms and > pretend like I'm pissed off because Captain Picard > didn't greet some Klingon > correctly. > - Adam > > In response to: > > First off, there is nothing outdated about ee > cummings. Second off, > establishing rules for posting to this list such as > obeying > capitalization and correcting spelling errors are > absurd. We are, I > think, for the most parts all adults here, with an > obvious love and > respect for language and literature. But I, for > one, will not adhere > to these attempts to regulate the way I express > myself in this forum. > These are not business correspondances here, we are > not being graded or > evaluated, this is as informal as any round table > discussion of > literature, taking place, for the most part, among > "friends" (people > with a common interest anyway) where the use of > slang would be > perfectly acceptable. > > Anyone agree with me here? (about ee, or supposed > grammar rules on this > post) > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com