3.358 e-terms; nuked fiction; e-Freud (59)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Tue, 15 Aug 89 21:55:58 EDT


Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 358. Tuesday, 15 Aug 1989.


(1) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 89 22:32:04 EDT (22 lines)
From: elli@wjh12.harvard.edu (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: Re: 3.349 lexicon of e-terms (66)

(2) Date: 15 August 1989, 09:26:14 EDT (7 lines)
From: FLANNAGA at OUACCVMB
Subject: On the Beach

(3) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 89 16:48:31 EDT (5 lines)
From: Joseph Raben <JQRBH@CUNYVM.bitnet>
Subject: Re: 3.16 e-Freud?

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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 89 22:32:04 EDT
From: elli@wjh12.harvard.edu (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: Re: 3.349 lexicon of e-terms (66)

a few quick thoughts on the electronic dialect that was posted from
Compuserve's newsletter...
It seems that the commercial nets have developed a different dialect
than Bitnet and Usenet. Some of the acronyms and abbreviations that
were posted are familiar to me (i don't use commercial nets at all--
cost too much! but i do read Bitnet and Usenet lists) but many of
those are from the business world. FYI is one such.
As for the smiley faces, it is sad but true that they do add to the
communication, by interpreting what the writer meant. I would
rather see it done by careful use of English. It is just like letter
writing after all. One doesn't have to interpret what one has just
said, to make sure that the reader knows it is ironic or angry.
Perhaps the little faces would be more interesting if they were
used to add to the meaning of the words that surround them, instead
of just repeating the tone.
BTW, (By the way) there are HUGE lists of the little :-('s, for those
who are interested in collecting them.
--elli Mylonas
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Date: 15 August 1989, 09:26:14 EDT
From: FLANNAGA at OUACCVMB

On nuclear fiction:
It might not quite fit the definition, but Nevil Shute's *On the Beach*
(1957) was the first novel I remember that dealt with a nuclear
holocaust. Roy Flannagan
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 89 16:48:31 EDT
From: Joseph Raben <JQRBH@CUNYVM.bitnet>
Subject: Re: 3.16 e-Freud? English? (45)

For e-text of Freud, try Randy Jones <jones@byuadm>.