One of the many things that I both can’t stand and I love at the same time is when people write and they highlight words that they think should be noticed. Now reread the first sentence of this post, only reading the highlighted words. The new and improved first sentence of this post reads, “Many things stand love write highlight noticed.” You may now be able to understand why I love it and hate it at the same time. If you still don’t get it, I’ll fill you in.
For starters, I am one of those people who feels that details are just as important as the main story, if not more important. You see, it is wrong to just minimize the importance of some words in a sentence. It’s all very well and good for “Many things stand love write highlight noticed,” but what about “One of the that I both can’t and I at the same time is when people and they words that they think should be”? As you can see, that is the majority of the words. They must be crying for attention: “it’s a 24-to-7 ratio! Give us some attention already!”
But that’s enough of the theoretical stuff. The bottom line is, all words are important, and it’s wrong to exclude some words.
On the other hand, it’s fun to say “Hey Mom, can you guess where this is from? ‘Dieting boring food tasty? General Mills® Cheerios™ delicious calories fat dieting fun’”.
In the end, though, I want this trend to stick around. At least, for a while. (Wink!)
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I am not aware of people who use highlighing for effect. I understand underlining, bold, italics, and caps, but highlighint usually idicate the presence of a link
ReplyDeleteSlim you have you a brilliant future as a Talmudist. Its all in the details. Just look at the great R' Shlomo Yitzchaki.
ReplyDeletegreat Blogg I feel like I'm with you guys, I'm just waiting for you to laugh out loud as you quote some hysterical line from the latest tome you are engrossed in.