From: "Maria Nichterlein" <m.nichterlein-AT-xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Re: uppercase
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 11:28:24 +1200


THANKS CHRIS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Jones" <ccjones-AT-turboweb.net.au>
To: <deleuze-guattari-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: uppercase


>
> This, is the most interesting discussion on uppercase I have been able to
> get. Generally, when trying to talk about caps, the most I could get was:
> DON'T DO IT. (They are hard to read, not needed, dogmatic etc etc etc.)
>
> > are capitals not a little Stretching, Ruth writes.
>
> Just to pull out even a part of the discussion. Overblown, egocentric know
it
> all characters write/right in caps while not using them. A blown up
balloon,
> which just a little pin prick will burst and onion smells blow away with
> wind. Just one possibility, suggested by this discussion. Many others
> possibles, no doubt, on different lines.
>
> (You lot really are a productive distraction / diversion.)
>
> thanks, Chris Jones.
>