Re: OT: Completely OT: PAYPAL does it suck?

On 11/22/06, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:

> I didn't use the word SPAM.  I talked about the "Nigerian Scam."  A "scam"
> as I'm sure you know is a ruse, which is what the Nigerian invites one to
> engage them in illegal activity amount to.  It's probably better referred to
> as a "con."   I know the difference between SPAM and spam, but in this
> context what difference does it make when the context clarifies? Even if I
> had used that word?
You used the all-caps word SPAM a few times in your first email on
this topic. As for what difference it makes, it doesn't, really,
except to some lawyers at Hormel.

I wouldn't mistake a fellow geek pointing out the difference as
criticism. Don't most of the people on this list like sharing
language-related trivia?

--
Katya