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Re: OT: Top Posting Vs. Bottom Posting: Case Closed!
de Marten Kemp 04/25/2006 01:20
Bill Turner wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> Marten Kemp wrote:
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>>The usage is derivative of the Hacker's Dictionary and
>>alt.sysadmin.recovery: originally from "clue-by-four"
>>(closely related to LART - Luser Attitude Readjustment
>>Tool), then generalized to mean those qualities a clue-
>>by-four is intended to impart ("cluons").
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>>*I* prefer to capitalize it and, in the absence of a
>>definitive reference, shall continue to do so.
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> Way too obscure. 99.999% of your readers will think you an ignoramus.
> If you insist on making it a proper noun, you'd better explain the
> derivation at the same time. Ever hear of footnotes? Use 'em.
At least 87.3%[0] of my readers, if they lack the perspicacity to know
it before reading my posts, will be able to derive the meaning of
"Clue" from the context in which I use it. The remaining 12.7% are
generally those about whom I was despairing.
All that having been said, with tongue firmly in cheek, your point
is well taken. I shall henceforth capitalize "Clue" only when I have
a reasonable expectation that those before whom I am scattering
pearls[1] of wisdom[2] are in possession of sufficient cluons to
appreciate the usage.
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[0] 82.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot, including
this one.
[1] For values of "pearl" ranging from one-line pronouncements
to long expositions.
[2] For values of "wisdom" ranging from the profound to the profane[3].
[3] Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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