Smileys

[H.W.Fluks@telecom.tno.nl]

Sigvald:

> > And this is *not* the place where people
> > usually put a smiley.

> Well, you see, I use it in order to show that the mail is 
> intended to be
> read as a friendly one - as you know my mails are sometimes seen as
> offensive even thoug that was not my initial intention.

You are using the smiley in a way no-one else is using it.
I'd say it's much easier to adjust your own habits to the general habit, than having to explain time and again what you actually *mean* when you write something.

You wrote to Martin:

> Even so, that was *not exactly* what I meant!

But it was exactly what you *wrote*!
We (readers) can't guess exactly what you mean. We can only interpret what you *write*.
Things would be easier if what you write is as close as possible to what you mean.

You also wrote:

> Riddiculus!!!

That looks like the name of a Roman general from an Asterix story...

--Harry.
(Hodie postumus de Signaturo Silvo Largo Campo 8-)