Re: punctuated abbreviations // was english spelling reform

bnathyuw said:
> then again i really object to using titles,
> particularly meaningless ones like mr and ms ( i avoid
> mrs and miss altogether . . . comes of having a strong
> feminist streak in the bloodline )
I find it odd to differentiate between Mrs., Ms., and Miss. I always say
Miss, regardless; I think this is a fairly common, though not ubiquitious,
practice where I live, as I've never been called on it. Then again, I
personally avoid calling people by their names and say "Excuse me" or "Hey."
:)

This made me wonder, though... does anyone have any conworlds/langs in
 which it is impolite to adress
someone by their names at all? Some of my characters are kind of like that,
though I think it's just more of a reflection of my own odness than anything
else.

additionally, I always write Ms., and almost always (though I can't think of
any expceptions at the moment) put a period at the end of an abbreviation.

About the ligatures, I too connect ridiuclous amounts of letters in
printing...but in handwriting I stop at random intervals too. Your
handwriting,
bnathyuw, is really cool. :) Wierd and unusal ways of writing are really
interesting. I stop a lot in cursive to dot i's, cross t's and so on.

(this isn't the right thread for this, but I don't want to reply just for
this: If
anyone' sinterested in my crackulent writing (I think my uppercase æ is just
funny) http://refrigeratedcake.com/other/vsketch/handwriting.gif).

-Kendra
http://www.refrigeratedcake.com
http://www.refrigeratedcake.com/comics/theatre -- Vade Mecum (comic)
----- Original Message -----
From: "bnathyuw" <bnathyuw@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: punctuated abbreviations // was english spelling reform

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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