> It is difficult to determine which of the two opinions about slang
and contractions is true.
Let's compare the two.
>>More to the point, educated people will use the slang and
>>contractions when they are attempting to convince and win over
>>people they believe to be uneducated or inferior.
This says everyone.
>Not all. Sometimes we are trying to establish a rapport by using
This says some do not.
> The usual response, in the IETF, is that a complainant could assume
that the action (or content of a message) was in good faith. I asked
someone else to review a few messages (unrelated to this
thread). The messages were described as condescending.
One person, with no knowledge of the context or authors?
Do you think I am condescending?
