too verbose in my emailsMarty, good for you!!! I agree completely!! What the heck is this medium for, if not communication??? I adore reading long emails (granted, I am not at a workplace with 95 other ones waiting). I can't really say whether my
emails are considered "long", but I'd say three paragraphs is about my average. My correspondents must be nicer than
yours--I've not been told, outright at least, how my emails
"ought" to be, though I think it was a hint when someone told me they like to be concise.
Shanks, consider yourself hugged, just for being back! Your posts are as wonderful as ever! If I hear an accent I don't recognize, I usually ask the person where they're from, but with a slight questioning in my mind as to the
propriety of it. I don't know what RP is--I gather from your post that people who have that don't use long words?
Socially, it seems to me that when I use long words, people listen respectfully. This is a great way to have them thinking that I actually know what I'm talking about!
