On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:18 AM, tartbrain wrote: > Tone in writing is never certain -- one can always read a post or essay in a > variety of different tones -- each having a different inflection of meaning. > The tone we hear is often, it seems, reflective of what we would intend in > writing such words. > > This may be particularly true when words, in themselves, are amped up, a > characteristic, perhaps talent, that edg displays. When words in themselves > are amped up, I tend to read tone in a way I would deliver such a message. > Which may have nothing to do with the writer -- only my own inner dynamics. > As an exercise, more for fun, I often try to read the same post in several > different, opposing, or variant tones. Its quite amazing how different the > message is -- from the exact same words. > > Everything is a reflection of ourselves -- certainly true in ordinary > consciousness.
Which of course~~on the great bus ride that's life~~ most of us left behind a long time ago (snicker). Sal
