Chris M wrote: No, that's WAY out of context. I've been keeping quiet, but I'm going to ring in on this. I don't expect it to change your opinion or your behavior. I don't expect you to care one fine red hair about my opinion, but I hope you're at least casually curious as to why your "kewell" crap bothers so many of us. I'm going to explain *my* objection, and go back into my hole. One aspect of my profession is technical writing, course development, and documentation. Words, spelling, context, and grammar are my business. I'm not a spelling or grammar Nazi; even consistent mistakes in a person's posts don't bother me. Key word being "mistake", as opposed to "misuse". Trying to read your posts offends me. It offends me the same way a truck driver would be offended hearing someone grind the gearbox and hammer the rear-end of a nice tractor rig. It offends me the way a trim carpenter would be offended watching you turn screws with a fine wood chisel. The English language and especially the printed word are a primary tool to me, a *valuable* tool, and it is unpleasant to watch it being systematically and intentionally abused and misused. I'm sure that in some contexts and in some company, "LOL LOL LOL" and "stuph" are perfectly acceptable. This is, by the apparent majority consensus, not that company. Doc

der Mouse wrote: Personally, I think that this list (probably *any* list) is all about conveying information - and lots of deliberate mis-spellings and redundant words in any post detracts from that. At the same time, we're all individuals and so have our own writing styles, so trying to impose any kind of policy helps nobody - but I suspect that any posts which are seriously out of line with the norm are in danger of just being ignored by the majority on the list. cheers Jules