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>Who else has pseudo-tags they use?
>
>I like and use:
>
><snip> to show clipped off segments of text
><grin> to show amusement or frivolity
>
>I suppose these are a spin-off of emoticons, and have the
>potential to be
>morphed into from IM acronyms ... I can foresee a <IMHO> tag ...
I'm quite fond of <pursy-lipped snottyfont> --it's handy for those moments
when you want to convey a certain arch tone of "while I'm using an ironic
inflection to express this, I none-the-less expect a certain amount of
sincere grovelling in your response". Although it doesn't apparently show up
in most browsers, or in FrameMaker or MSWord-- <pursy-lipped snottyfont>an
oversight that will no doubt be taken care of in the next
release</pursy-lipped snottyfont>--most of my readers seem to get it...and I
get my grovelling.
Pursy-lipped-ly,
Mandy
(contents of this e-mail appear entirely in <giddyfont>--if this is not
appearing in your browser, please re-install your sense of humour ;)
IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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