rudness

[tgello]

i was wondering how people felt about certain people (like me) who tend to type in lower case? i just overheard a tidbit on cbs radio about how people are quite rude to others nowadays,which i totally agree with. anyway ,one of the items was that people that don't capitalize when using the internet are being rude to others.....am i??? if so .sorry but i'm one of those guys who types with two fingers ..oh well,just wondering.....tgello

 

[MDNick]

Not rude at all. Doesn't bother me in the least. Now in all CAPS on the other hand that is annoying as all get out. And rude.

 

[Muhammad]

All caps = annoying ... all lowercase = fine by me. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Golfgar4]

Actually, I think I've heard just the opposite. When someone types in all CAPS, it's like that person is shouting at you.

No offense to anyone, but I've never understood why anyone would type in all caps or in all lower case. Personally, I think either one looks wrong. I can't believe it's done for speed. I'm a Bible typer - seek and ye shall find! So I don't burn up the keyboard when I type. But I don't think it saves any time to type the other ways - at least not for my style. Would you write a letter to someone like that? I don't think so.

Just my $0.02.

 

[RobS]

Nothing wrong with all lower case but all caps is trouble as others have mentioned. The reason all caps stands out is that we learn, over time, to recognize words by the shape, not so much by the individual letters. All caps changes the shape and is more difficult/slower to read thus people tend to get irritated when reading all caps. It's all subconscious.

An aside, in a recent class on business writing I learned the "easiest" text to read is Times New Roman 12 point non-bold, non-italic, non-underline, non-caps. Most newspapers use this font. Of course in Dilbert like style, our company font is something entirely different promoting fatigue in the workplace /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[TonyC]

I dOn'T uNdeRstanD wHaT alL tHE fUsS iS aBouT. eVryOne shOUld bE aBlE tO tYpE tHe wAy tHeY wAnT tO./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[Richard]

I'm with you...all caps can be annoying, all lower case can look "wrong". I try to type straight up. Given I can type 80+ wpm, maybe it isn't such a difficult thing to put in the "extra" effort?

Now..about my spellying... /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Richard

 

[Hillbilly]

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[TerryinMD]

Now look at what you started!! That is RUDE!!!

Ya gots the hillbilly turning on his rushian translator.... and TonyC just being, well , Tony.... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Terry

PS - It's really rude to misspell rudeness.... /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

 

[beenthere]

interesting thread one which reminds me of another club where an individual would not put any punctuation into his sentences it was difficult to know when one sentence ended and another started taking the time to sort out what was being said or asked made reading the thread difficult at best i prefer the normal sentence structure with commas periods caps and other helpful symbols that make reading the thread question or statement MUCH EASIER

 

[Bird]

I guess it just depends on what you get used to. I would find it harder and slower to type in all lower case, but like some others have said, I don't mind reading in all lower case. But I don't like all caps, not because it's rude, but because it's slower for me to read; takes more effort, and I'm opposed to anything that takes any effort on my part./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

<font color=blue>i was wondering how people felt about certain people (like me) who tend to type in lower case?</font color=blue>

Fine with me. Interestingly, I once read that lower case letters convey more information that upper case. Lower case letters extend below the line, and give the eye more data to use to determine what the letter actually is. All upper case is tiring to read, because you have to work more to differentiate which letters you are seeing.

My personal preference is mixed case.. helps to determine where sentences start. I think only all upper case is considered rude. All lower case is considered okay. The stuff the kids do with AlTeRnAtInG CaSe drives met nuts, but kidz will be kidz! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[tgello]

rudeness

terryinmd ,rudeness. hows that?......tgello

 

[TerryinMD]

Re: rudeness

Sorry for the being the spelling ****!!!... /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Terry

 

[njrqs]

Richard

I am with you. I PREFER typing the correct way, and find it harder to read all lower case, and really hard to read all CAPS, but the hardest of all is with no spaces or paragraphs.

But being able to type, these are only preferences.

I'd much rather read a hard to read post in lower case from someone who knows lots about tractors and less about typing, than read a nice post from me who knows bugger all about tractors /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Cheers

 

[Wingnut]

Well!! You didn't have to SHOUT the last two words ! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I just realized that after reading your post. I never thought much about it but when I read I actually only see the first letter of the word and the shape of the rest of it lets me know what it is till Hillbilly screwed me up with his post. It is interesting what I learn on a tractor board. Take care and thanks for the enlightenment.

 

[Wingnut]

Well, I'm lazy as heck so I seldom bother to grab for that doggone caps key ... but I'm not trying to be rude ... just crude (or is that folksy).
People who use the caps key improperly however ... either to make words look weird or to lock it in caps ... should be pummelled with IBM Selectric balls until they learn proper netiquette.

 

[Knight9]

Re: rudeness

Terry,

<font color=blue>Sorry for the being the spelling ****!!!... </font color=blue>

How about "Sorry for being the spelling ****!!!...". Just thought I'd help out as the grammar police!! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Kevin

 

[Harv]

With the exception of ALL UPPER CASE, which somehow hurts my ears, none of it makes no nevermind to me.

I've been impressed with this board from the beginning that spelling, grammar and punctuation in no way interfere with folks exchanging thoughts and information. Not too many places you can go these days where somebody doesn't take the high road and get all righteous about the small stuff.

TBN is the breath of fresh air.