Comments on: What’s Up with No Greetings? http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/mondays-e-mail-mewl-no-greeting/ Email Etiquette: Using Technology with Knowledge, Understanding and Courtsey! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judith http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/mondays-e-mail-mewl-no-greeting/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Judith Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:16:30 +0000 http://blog.netmanners.com/?p=177#comment-256 Hey, Lois: Thanks for stopping by and glad to hear you learned some things by reviewing my site! In the situation you mention, I would just put "we older folk"s in quotes as you noted in your comments. When you change words to a larger font, folks will naturally presume you are raising your voice. And, being you are doing this in jest, we don't want to risk your tone being perceived incorrectly. It is always best to communicate by choosing your words carefully and subtle indications, like using quotes as above, to make our points in lieu of formatting where you leave the level of emphasis and the perception of your intent up to the other side. Why take that risk when it can easily be avoided? ;-) Hey, Lois:

Thanks for stopping by and glad to hear you learned some things by reviewing my site!

In the situation you mention, I would just put “we older folk”s in quotes as you noted in your comments. When you change words to a larger font, folks will naturally presume you are raising your voice. And, being you are doing this in jest, we don’t want to risk your tone being perceived incorrectly.

It is always best to communicate by choosing your words carefully and subtle indications, like using quotes as above, to make our points in lieu of formatting where you leave the level of emphasis and the perception of your intent up to the other side. Why take that risk when it can easily be avoided? ;-)

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