The jury’s out on this one…

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  • by Frank Paynter on April 20, 2024

    Jimbo Wales is quoted in the BBC News article on blogging codes: “You don’t have to insult people to be frank.”

    I usually prefer the initial capital when spelling out my first name.

    { 6 comments… read them below or add one }

    madame l. 04.20.07 at 7:32

    you are so sexist ffrank(ly). is this your clever way of insulting danah and bell?
    not to mention e.e.
    this will not go unnoticed by ME.

    Scruggs 04.20.07 at 8:31

    I wish he wouldn’t define people’s character and personality for them. That sort of thing strains anyone’s efforts at civility.

    johnno 04.21.07 at 4:21

    I was thinking it’s more a philosophical self-truth missing a comma after “be” and the capital F

    Ronni Bennett 04.21.07 at 6:04

    Right on! McD. And anyway, no code of conduct will impede those who would deliberately insult.

    My opinion, frankly.

    Zo 04.22.07 at 1:22

    Frankly, my dear … (may I call you Frankly?) … that’s quite a nifty sentence you wrote there. Right number of syllables and all. It quite scans.

    Frank Paynter 04.22.07 at 9:23

    Zo, would you like to hear the croaking chorus of the Frogs of Aristophanes?

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