Paul Dillon writes:
>Thank you for explaining that. Several people answered off-list but
>didn't
>seem to take offense at the way I expressed myself when asked the question
>initially. So following your friendly lead, I'll just say that it really
>didn't occur to me to say "please".
in my head i can assume that your intent is non-threatening,
but the language doesn't support that.
and i wanted to bring that out into the open
in light of the discussion about genres of politeness, on inclusivity, on
awareness of cultural differences. . .
i am hoping to expand awareness, asking everyone to take a moment to
consider how our words _might_ sound to others.
and, of course, how much we care about that.
i appreciate your response, thanx,
kathie
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.........Our words misunderstand us..............................
.....We are our words, and black and bruised and blue.
Under our skins, we're laughing....................................
.........................Adrienne Rich..................................
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Katherine_Goff@ceo.cudenver.edu
http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~katherine_goff/index.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Mar 07 2000 - 17:54:07 PST