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Woodsy
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Message 1 of 33 (375666)
01-09-2007 12:57 PM

In reading these and other forums, I have been amused to see the emergence of some quite definite styles among posters.
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A few styles I have seen are:
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a) rational and dispassionate
b) rational and passionate
c) highly decorated: lots of ten-dollar words and often sprinkled with malapropisms
d) snide and aggressive, often stubborn
e) disorganized and hard to understand, often lacking punctuation
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I am tempted to conclude that the styles correlate with the posters' views, but I would like others' opinions on that.
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Would anyone like to add to the list?
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to admins: I'm not sure where this should go. Maybe Coffee Shop?
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Woodsy
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01-09-2007 8:16 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by anastasia
01-09-2007 7:30 PM

Oh! Yes indeed! Would you like to suggest any sub-categories?
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Woodsy
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Message 26 of 33 (376137)
01-11-2007 6:48 AM

Does anyone have any thoughts on correlation between style and content?
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I find that the decorated style seems to more often come with creationist content, for example. I wonder why. Sometimes, but thankfully not so often on this forum, expertise in grammar and spelling looks to be inversely proportional to enthusiasm for creationism.
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