censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re: know your ... who?"

Lauren lauren at writeco.net
Tue Feb 19 16:01:39 MST 2008


LCP,

Why are the lines in your quoted messages only one word long?

Lauren 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com 
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco.net at lists.techwr-l.com
> ] On Behalf Of LCP
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:45 PM
> To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Subject: censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets; was, "Re: 
> know your ... who?"
> 
> I have recently rejoined Techwr-l after a hiatus of several 
> years. Techwr-l used to be a helpful and cordial list for 
> professional writers. It saddens me to see it degraded, even 
> only in part, into a venue for "censorious persnickety 
> flibbertigibbets".
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lauren <lauren at writeco.net>
> To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:21:48 PM
> Subject: RE: know your ... who?
> 
> 
> My 
> rudimentary 
> example 
> of 
> "knowing 
> an 
> audience" 
> does 
> not 
> encompass 
> *every*
> example 
> of 
> what 
> a 
> writer 
> needs 
> to 
> know 
> about 
> an 
> audience.  
> There 
> is 
> not
> enough 
> bandwidth 
> to 
> share 
> *every* 
> example 
> and 
> other 
> examples 
> are 
> not
> "counter-examples" 
> as 
> you 
> state.
> 
> The 
> "model" 
> I 
> described 
> requires 
> that 
> the 
> writer 
> learn 
> about 
> the 
> audience
> and 
> your 
> examples 
> do 
> not 
> counter 
> the 
> model, 
> but 
> they 
> further 
> illustrate
> issues 
> that 
> require 
> knowing 
> one's 
> audience.
> 
> Lauren
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Gause_Brian at emc.com" <Gause_Brian at emc.com>
> To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:12:20 PM
> Subject: RE: know your ... who?
> 
> ...Maybe 
> your 
> message 
> was 
> intended 
> to 
> be 
> funny, 
> but 
> what 
> it 
> says 
> about 
> your
> work 
> habits 
> and 
> creativity 
> is 
> a 
> dispiriting 
> notion, 
> indeed.
> 
> Brian 
> Gause
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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