[MlMt] Replies above or below

Rob McBroom mailinglist0 at skurfer.com
Wed Nov 27 08:31:08 EST 2013


On 26 Nov 2013, at 18:39, Jason Davies wrote:

> Unfortunately, it seems to work for most people, thus top-posting 
> displaced bottom-posting [a phrase which sounds really, really bad in 
> UK English].

[“Interleaved” or “in-line”][1] is a more accurate description 
of what we’re really talking about. Better? :-)

> The argument has raged for as long as I've done email, and I've mostly 
> given up fighting it, not least because (getting OT) top-posting is an 
> awful lot easier on an iPhone/iPad than the scrolling/editing thing.

I’ve mostly given up as well (on other people), but when someone asks 
directly, I won’t hesitate to comment.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting#Interleaved_style

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Rob McBroom
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