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

Subject: Why are the lines of the quoted message only one word long?; was, "censorious persnickety flibbertigibbets"
From: LCP <lporrel -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:09:04 -0800 (PST)

I have no idea. You? Anyone?

----- Original Message ----
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- 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

>
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Message-----
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From:
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>
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
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On
Behalf
Of
LCP
>
Sent:
Tuesday,
February
19,
2008
2:45
PM
>
To:
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- 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 -dot- net>
>
To:
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- 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 -dot- com"
<Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com>
>
To:
techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- 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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