The jury’s out on this one…

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.

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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?