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usernamenumberIM log with Sheena yesterday:
S: HI BRAD!
B: HI SHEENA!
HOW IS THE WEATHER?
S: IT'S CERTAINLY WEATHER. THERE'S PRECIPITATION AND EVERYTHING.
ALSO, I'VE HAD COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CAFFEINE.
B I WONDER IF YOU SET YOUR IM CLIENT TO USE A MONOSPACE FONT AND THEN MADE EVERYONE TYPE IN CAPS ALL THE TIME YOU COULD PRETEND EVERY IM WAS A TELEGRAM STOP
I MAY ALSO HAVE HAD SOME CAFFEINE STOP
S: I AM STUCK AT WORK UNTIL THREE STOP
B: ARE YOU TAKING THE UNDERGROUND STOP I HEAR THE 3:15 TO DEVONSHIRE WILL BE DELAYED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER STOP
S: THE UNDERGROUND TROLLEY WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL THIRTY MINUTES PAST THREE STOP
I WILL BE TRAVELLING UPON THE LATEST CAR THAT I CAN IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT MY DOMICILE SAFELY STOP
...and then this morning...
S: GREETINGS SIR HOW DO YOU FARE ONE THIS DAY OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION STOP
B: HELLO SIR IT HAS BEEN MOST TRYING STOP WE HAVE BEEN SHOVELING IN THE STREETS LIKE COMMON PEOPLE STOP
S: SURELY YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO DO THAT FOR YOU CAN YOU NOT PAY A BOY FROM THE STREETCORNER A TUPPENCE STOP
B: OUR LOCAL STREETBOY HAS FROZEN STOP SADLY HE PROVED BUT ANOTHER OBSTRUCTION STOP
EXPECT AN INVITATION TO A LECTURE I'LL BE GIVING TO THE SOCIETY ON THE USE OF FROZEN BOYS AS MAKESHIFT SHOVELS STOP AM TOLD QUEEN MAY ATTEND STOP
S: BULLY I WILL BE SURE TO ATTEND STOP I SHALL BE SURE TO WEAR MY WINTER TOP HAT STOP
...so basically what I'm saying is, I <3 my friends. :)
S: HI BRAD!
B: HI SHEENA!
HOW IS THE WEATHER?
S: IT'S CERTAINLY WEATHER. THERE'S PRECIPITATION AND EVERYTHING.
ALSO, I'VE HAD COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CAFFEINE.
B I WONDER IF YOU SET YOUR IM CLIENT TO USE A MONOSPACE FONT AND THEN MADE EVERYONE TYPE IN CAPS ALL THE TIME YOU COULD PRETEND EVERY IM WAS A TELEGRAM STOP
I MAY ALSO HAVE HAD SOME CAFFEINE STOP
S: I AM STUCK AT WORK UNTIL THREE STOP
B: ARE YOU TAKING THE UNDERGROUND STOP I HEAR THE 3:15 TO DEVONSHIRE WILL BE DELAYED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER STOP
S: THE UNDERGROUND TROLLEY WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL THIRTY MINUTES PAST THREE STOP
I WILL BE TRAVELLING UPON THE LATEST CAR THAT I CAN IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT MY DOMICILE SAFELY STOP
...and then this morning...
S: GREETINGS SIR HOW DO YOU FARE ONE THIS DAY OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION STOP
B: HELLO SIR IT HAS BEEN MOST TRYING STOP WE HAVE BEEN SHOVELING IN THE STREETS LIKE COMMON PEOPLE STOP
S: SURELY YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO DO THAT FOR YOU CAN YOU NOT PAY A BOY FROM THE STREETCORNER A TUPPENCE STOP
B: OUR LOCAL STREETBOY HAS FROZEN STOP SADLY HE PROVED BUT ANOTHER OBSTRUCTION STOP
EXPECT AN INVITATION TO A LECTURE I'LL BE GIVING TO THE SOCIETY ON THE USE OF FROZEN BOYS AS MAKESHIFT SHOVELS STOP AM TOLD QUEEN MAY ATTEND STOP
S: BULLY I WILL BE SURE TO ATTEND STOP I SHALL BE SURE TO WEAR MY WINTER TOP HAT STOP
...so basically what I'm saying is, I <3 my friends. :)
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Date: 2013-02-09 11:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-02-10 01:12 am (UTC)Growing up we had a similar conversation awkwardness when speaking with my father out to sea on ship-to-shore radio. Because it was a fairly monoplex channel (at least, at the time. No idea how things are now.) and for security reasons (no spilling of secrets!) there was an operator listening in who would switch the link, but you had to actually say 'switch' at the end of your part of the conversation. That was very hard for 8 year old me.
But asides aside, yes, I love this and my friends too.
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Date: 2013-02-11 11:40 pm (UTC)I think that the use of "stop" in telegraphs, rather than simply leaving out the periods, illustrates how useful punctuation can be.