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From: ab651@freenet.durham.org (Tim Middleton)
Subject: Re: Inform: 'NotUnderstood'
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References: <199511270124.UAA14431@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 22:19:02 GMT

In article <199511270124.UAA14431@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>,
"Sam Hulick" <shulick@guava.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>This is because if I say "Frank, hello", it is registered as a

You know (this has nothing to do with the original topic) I always thought
there was something 'funny' about the way of addressing people in
inform/infocom. But i never really thought about it... just a vague
feeling... suddenly reading that above sentence it jumps out at me!!

Saying "Frank, hello" seems backwards! I guess in some contexts addressing
a person by thier name first is the most usual conversational method, but
usually (when a person mentions a name at all) isn't it at the end of the
sentence? Such as "Give me the keys, Frank" "Hello, frank" (of course
usually people wouldn't put a comma in there in common use). 

Just a thought... meaningless. Sorry. (-:

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