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IronBear -> RE: Rant: Do people write letters anymore? (8/27/2008 10:16:27 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
It's not an officialy rant, because I am not really *upset*, but a little irritated and wonder if this is a fluke, or a sign of the new generation.
Let me preface this by saying that I am not accusing ANYONE who posts or reads here of this; if anything you are the counter to what I am talking about, because you actually take pleasure in reading and writing thoughts and opinions. But are you experiencing what I am about to describe also?
It seems that people online don't want to write letters. I call them letters, but I mean emails - it seems that emails and the idea of emails has been reduced to a series of a couple of lines, following by a request to go to IM. The IM format is better for the kind of dialogue people want, because it's back and forth and short and quick. Granted, that serves a purpose. But I enjoy reading and writing letters. The kind you sit down and compose, share thoughts and feelings, pontificate a little, ramble. Even a short email is fine - but some thoughts and feelings and ideas in those short lines would be nice.
Very few people seem -- well, verbose. Again, those reading/writing on collarchat are obviously the exception. So I assume that like me, you all like to read a long letter and respond to it. Or, is it just me? Is the preference to keep it short and sweet and get right to IM and phone? Is there any purpose for longer forms of communication?
Akasha
I actually do. I resp[ond often with emails and if the association looks like becomming a lasting one irrespective if it be a potential collar or a friendship, I ask for and expect a postal address. I prefer to write letters by hand using both Copperplate calligraphy with multiple swirls and flourishes and Victorian/Edwardian writing style which became more my natural style yeas ago, or I use the half unical Irish text of the 9thC calligraphy of which I have some moderst claim of being amongst the elite of the caligraphers using the style found in the fabled book of kells. In any case it becomes obvious to the recpient that For me to take the trouble of putting quill (yes I use hand cut quills) to parchment is a mark of my regard for them..
IB
(The incorrigible, irrepressible and irreverent Bear)
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