I can’t say that I have, but I have come across similar missives, and usually they are written by people who seem mentally unstable–which is not, in any way, to imply any thing, about your dear grandmother. Rather, I imagine it’s a mode of writing used by those who don’t “trust” the ability of writing conventions to convey their sentiments. In a way, it could be the same thing all around.
Yes, definitely. And as other forms of communications have evolved, it will too–culture is continually shaping language as language is continually shaping culture. So I don’t mean to “belittle” any thread so much as to opt out of participating in them on most occasions, more out of frustration than anything. And while communications adapt to niches, communications also cause niches to adapt.
Yes, Grandma did have, shall we say, an unstoppable urge for drama. And I like your comment about not trusting plane prose. That sounds true. Plain prose might be interpreted, well, plainly. And she was always going for dramatics, because she CARED!!!.
:o :o :o
Well, fortunately, PlainJain, very few individuals here use the strike-out for snark with any frequency here.
My personal opinion is that people like THAT!!! either have *serious issues * :smack: or are [del]revolting, decrepid bitches[/del] sweet old dears like the wonderful lady in question!
… But it could be worse. I knew of one character who ***UNTIL RECENTLY ***could barely restrain himself from a flamboyant, redundant SIG!
who ***UNTIL RECENTLY ***could barely restrain himself from a flamboyant, redundant SIG!