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Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:57:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ravi Mohan writes:
> > > 95% of
> > > > posters to Lugnet seem to be North American/European/Australasian: I hope
> > > > most of these people had previously encountered practical jokes on April 1.
> > >
> > > But that leaves only south america, africa and antartica-no one builds lego
> > > in antartica right and Autralasia is an awfullybig place!
> >
> > Sorry for any confusion Ravi -- by Australasia I only meant Australia, New
> > Zealand and the South Pacific. So roughly 10% of the world's population would
> > have the same cultural background as 95% of Lugnetters, and there's still a
> > fair range in that 10%.
> >
> > --Dave
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> Huh-iwas just kidding!-note phrase awfullybig
That's cool, and it's also cool that it demonstrates my point. Communication,
especially humour, can easily be misunderstood in a forum where people come
from different backgrounds and read in different ways.
--Dave
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| In lugnet.general, David Low writes: <snippage> (...) Greetings, Yes , I ,too, have noticed a difficulty in conveing Humoristic comments via a typed out entry into a newsgroup...he says wryly.... it seems the vebral tone doesnt carry well into (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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