Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

YHL wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, David Peterson wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 4/15/01 3:30:52 PM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writes:
> >
> > << Yes, but why shldn't ppl use abbrvtns? I use thm all the tme. It svs
>spce
> > whn i wrte notes for clss, & it svs my hnds frm crmps whn i need to wrte
>a
> > lot of notes.
> >
> > And yes, i do write like the above when i have a lot of notes to put
>down. >>
> >
> > I'm sure I take just as many notes, and I don't abbreviate.  I find it
>easier
> > to write without leaving anything out.  I even write out all names in
>full
> > for my Shakespeare class.  And besides, this is typing! Come on, guys!
>
>Er...if I *didn't* use abbreviations I would *never* get some of my math
>lecture notes down.  "Group of automorphisms" gets *really* irritating
>when written out repeatedly.
>
>Besides, people write notes for their own benefit, not yours.  As long as
>they're not taking notes for you, who cares?  I use a whole system of
>abbreviations plus hieroglyphic-inspired determinatives.  I don't expect
>anyone else to be able to use my notes, but I read them just fine, they
>save me from writer's cramp, and my profs speak too fast.  :-p  (The
>physics prof for general relativity, which my boyfriend is taking,
>apparently writes faster than c so far as anyone can tell....)
Personally, I find it an advantage that nobody else can read my notes ...

The thing is that in a coherrent text, most of the signs fill no other
function than tellin'  how the few important bits relate to each other. When
I take notes, I kind of do away with all this extra stuff. The result is a
bunch of unconnected words, phrases and figures, and if you don't know what
it's about looking at it won't help you. Its intended to help out my memory,
not for anybody else to understand.

                                                            Andreas
_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.