On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:28:31 -0400, John Cowan <jcowan@...>
wrote:
>Jeff Jones scripsit:
>
>> question: are you (or anyone else) using read-out-loud type software that
>> actually renders caps in a louder voice? if not, what's the big deal?
>
>The big deal is that many of us, especially those belonging to the
>Old School of Email, have an ingrained synaesthetic reflex that
>makes ALL UPPER CASE sound like SHOUTING and all lower case sound like
>mumbling.
I didn't know it was a reflex. Can it be cured?
I thought it was just a convention like those smiley faces I usually can't
figure out.