On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:11 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Yes, would be interesting to read something on the phenomenology of
>> e-mail.
>>
>> It's not exactly like a telegram, but conveying tone is almost
>> impossible.
>
> "Well, novelists could do it, no? "
>
> In an email? You'd have to show me.
No - I mean in prose. It's not a limitation of prose, though it might be of email. But, aside from skill, why should that be?
Doug