Re: To waffle, ‘to waver, to vacillate, to equivocate, to dither’

On 26/04/24 01:45, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:

jerryfriedman wrote:
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By the way, Steve isn't the only participant in a.u.e. who doesn't
notice Subject lines.

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Certainly not.
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I don't know how that happens,

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Automatically. And I hate it if I am 'forced' to quote something
that appears only in the subject line.

It's automatic for me too. I step from one article to the next by
tapping on the space bar; and I read the body of the article without,
usually, letting my eyes wander to other parts of the screen.
I picked up that habit when AUE was a high-traffic newsgroup, and it was
desirable to have an efficient way of getting through the articles
quickly. If someone refers to "above", I'm reluctant to waste my time by
going back and re-reading.
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