Re: CHAT: INTERSYSTEMAL CONLANG
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 30, 2002, 21:29 |
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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.
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