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Capital I dotted?  I never heard of that.


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From: tronbros <tronbros@aol.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 1:28 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] How to write..........


  
    
                  

Well....that certainly threw up some interesting discussion.  I have to say here and now that I have very good friends in the US so it is unfortunate that the issue I have with the abandonment of pleasantries in emails is largely concerned with mail from there.  From now on I will save emails that I take issue with and let you have a compilation from time to time.


Now I have to ask you one final thing that is uniquely USA, this time connected with HAND WRITTEN correspondence; why do many people use upper and lower case letters jumbled up within a word and why is a capital I dotted?  Don't take me to task over this - I just wondered.


Besticles,


M

mellotronics.co.uk






On 27 Aug 2011, at 18:08, "Thomas C. Doncourt" <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:
 



     
                  

Yeah, I believe that's true. When ordering or inquiring from companies
online it us hard to imagine who or what you are actually dealing with.
Many people may believe they are dealing with some automaton.

> I meant to say that when we shop online we have no cause  to greet or
> thank...
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>
> In a message dated 8/27/2011 12:10:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> djacques@csulb.edu writes:
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> I totally agree.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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> From: <lsf5275@aol.com>
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> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:06:02 -0400
> To: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> ReplyTo: <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] How to write..........
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> I think it is a byproduct of the Internet, social media, email, etc. And
> I
> agree with you John. Sadly, it is only going to get worse. We live in  an
> age where our youth play games and interact online, often with people
> thousands of miles away. Rarely have I seen a game of pick-up football or
> street
> baseball. Even the neighborhood basketball courts aren't as busy as  they
> once were.
>
> When we shop online, we have to cause to greet or thank. We rarely speak
> as our parents and especially our grandparents did; with a sense of
> propriety
>  and manners.
>
> Frank
>
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2011 10:27:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> john.wright@consona.com writes:
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>
> Hello Martin,
>
> I'm in the States and have been  communicating with our finance groups in
> China, Japan, Malaysia, Australia,  Canada, India, Germany and UK.
> Without
> exception, all business  communication is polite, on point, and complete.
> Many times I think  this is because English is the second language, but
> business is conducted  differently and courtesy is part of it.
>
> Business communication I typically  receive from the States is terse and
> bottom line.  This will piss  people off, but I think the age of the
> writer
> has something to do with  it.  If born 1965 or before, manners, born
> later, I
> WANT IT  NOW!
>
> Don't indict us all in the States,  however, some young and old still have
> manners.  Fire  away.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
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>
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