Why this phobia to HTML mail?

[John Angelico]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:06:19 +0100, David Gaskill wrote:

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>There is no body that issues RFCs for the English language; it evolves,  
>usage and conventions change and a lexicographers record these changes 
>but don't initiate them. There are some here in the UK that deplore the 
>new words and changing usage often initiated by your compatriots; if they 
>knew what html was I don't doubt they would deplore its use in e-mails ...

Maybe so. I deplore the corruption of English, and make sure that I do all I can to spell correctly and use the 
grammar correctly. 

But that appears to be not as critical as the problem of ignoring standards in say the laws of physics (ie two masses 
cannot occupy the same space at the same time therefore we have RFCs aka rules governing where cars travel on the 
road). 

I would say that it is as critical, but then a philosophy discussion of the concept of authority and adherence to 
rules is probably beyond the scope (NB: not the capabilities) of this list. 





Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad@melbpc.org.au or talldad@kepl.com.au
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