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    Posted: 12 May 2008 at 5:54pm
following on from something Bombshell said...

what do you think when you see CAPITAL LETTERS in a post?

do you see it as YELLING? or a way of drawing attention to a particualr WORD? or do you see it another way completely?

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It depends,

If it's just one random word in a sentence I see it as an attention drawing thing.

If it's whole sentences or the whole thing I see it as completely irritating to read. Sometimes yelling but mostly just irritating lol
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Yup same here. One word = Emphasis. Whole post = Yelling and annoying




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I tend to read it in the context of what the person is typing - So to me it could be either of what you are suggesting. Problem is if someone types in all CAPS all the time it's a bit confusing to distinguish I guess..

If I was using CAPS for example, I would interpret these as follows:

YOU ARE SO COOL! (would be me yelling out a statement)

You are SO cool! (could be either nice, or a little sarcastic)

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I agree - one word would be used as an emphasis.
A whole post is irritating and although it looks like yelling I generally figure it's a newbie who doesn't know anything about message board etiquette.

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Originally posted by almostthere almostthere wrote:

Yup same here. One word = Emphasis. Whole post = Yelling and annoying

Ditto

Also all little letters (and/or no punctuation) = Mummy typing one handed with bubs in other arm 

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oh yes been there done that

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I know sometimes it can be an accident that it got pushed instead of the shift key.

But as the others have said one word to Emphasis who thing either a mistake or yelling.
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I don't really think about it either way to be honest. I just read what the words say, rather than how they are written - even if they are written to be more attention grabbing. If it's not something I'm interested in I don't read it

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Basically its easier (when doing it with one word) to use caps than to change to italics and back as then you would have to use the mouse.

But I read it the same as above. And the no punctuation one - it drives me nuts when I have to do it but sometimes it's just necessary when holding a baby!
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Deb you understand now????....EMPHASIS not yelling! I did try and explain....guess you not in a mood to listen to it today from me! go figure.
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I have to say that many thoughts come across as YELLING when in CAPS... I think that when typing replies to posts, you need to be really aware of your audience and how it might read...
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Emphasis if it is one or two words but I often interpret it as "yelling" (for want of a better work) if it is several sentences in CAPS.

Off to find the post in question...
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Originally posted by Bombshell Bombshell wrote:

Deb you understand now????....EMPHASIS not yelling! I did try and explain....guess you not in a mood to listen to it today from me! go figure.

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Agree with Toni
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hehehe gotta love the emoticons
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Originally posted by Mum2Lucas Mum2Lucas wrote:

hehehe gotta love the emoticons


You love my emoticons best though don't ya Steph!
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