Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 06:47:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711151147.GAA06614@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com Sender: Lojban list From: bob@MEGALITH.RATTLESNAKE.COM Subject: Re: Ironic Use of Attitudinals X-To: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <51301FFF@mail-gw.uclan.ac.uk> (message from And Rosta on Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:54:10 GMT+0) Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 609 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Nov 15 06:47:21 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU And Rosta is right in saying It is quite normal to see people use a :-( smiley jokingly; ... I myself use :-( both seriously, when I am being grim, and jokingly; others I know do the same. But I also agree with Lojbab's plea, that we try and see how far we can go in expressing ourselves using only what can be expressed via typing in messages like this. Are Lojban attitudinals an adaquate subsitute for body language? Nice question! -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com 25 Rattlesnake Mountain Road bob@ai.mit.edu Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA (413) 298-4725