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Subject:re N -at- ming symbols? Just s -at- y no! From:"Mark L. Levinson" <mark -at- MEMCO -dot- CO -dot- IL> Date:Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:51:13 +0200
Geoff writes:
By avoiding naming it, you avoid introducing a whole layer of
abstraction
Tom writes:
You make a good point... for printed material.
What do you do when trying to convey @ orally?
I write:
Even for the individual reader, I think that a phonic representation
is useful. This goes for icons as well as for typographic symbols.
Back at school, they tried to teach us to speed-read by absorbing
information directly from the page without mentally listening to the
words, but to me it's always seemed a little scary, like pouring
beer straight down the esophagus without gulping...
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