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Subject: 
Re: A Change
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lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators
Date: 
Sun, 11 May 2003 22:24:37 GMT
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Richard Noeckel <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote:
You jus' totally reiterated my statement because...?
I said: "it takes a while to get heard!"
U said: "takes a while to get *responded to*."

In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Matthew Miller writes:
Well, do you think "to be heard" is the same as "to get a response"? 'Cause
it's not. There's often a lot of perfectly good reasons for there to be a
lag between the two. The "*" for emphasis was meant to highlight the
distinction between the two phrases.

<Playful-Sarcasm On>

Ohhhhhhh, I see...
What a big difference!       ;)

<Playful-Sarcasm Off>

Sorry I didn’t know such clarity was needed!
(Oups, didn’t completely turn Off the sarcasm)

I jus’ assumed that someone would need to hear/read
the post before it could be responded to. And that a
response is the natural course of action once the
information is interpreted/heard.

But I will award you bonus points for using the “*”
for purposes of emphasis.   (2-points for you!)

Congratulations,


                   --==Richard==--


(Don’t take my gesturing as snide, I'm jus’ jovial right now)



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  Re: A Change
 
(...) Well, do you think "to be heard" is the same as "to get a response"? 'Cause it's not. There's often a lot of perfectly good reasons for there to be a lag between the two. The "*" for emphasis was meant to highlight the distinction between the (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators)

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