Why are the lines of the quoted message only one word long?; was, "censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets"

[Jan Cohen]

I've seen that happen in a couple of my posts too...  it almost looks like a script is interpreting spaces as line breaks, but I've no idea why it's not happen in each and every case.

jan c.

----- Original Message ----
From: LCP <lporrel at yahoo.com>
To: techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:09:04 PM
Subject: Why are the lines of the quoted message only one word long?; was, "censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets"


I 
have 
no 
idea. 
You? 
Anyone?

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Original 
Message 
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From: 
Lauren 
<lauren at writeco.net>
To: 
techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Sent: 
Tuesday, 
February 
19, 
2008 
3:01:39 
PM
Subject: 
RE: 
censorious 
persnickety 
flibbertigibbets; 
was, 
"Re: 
know 
your 
... 
who?"


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".
> 
> 
> 
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Original 
Message 
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> 
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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