Comments on: Some Words About Dashes http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/01/20/dashes/ Hacker, Engineer, Dancer, Gentleman Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tara http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/01/20/dashes/comment-page-1/#comment-48166 Tara Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:28:13 +0000 http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/01/20/dashes/#comment-48166 <p>"The only situation in which it is acceptable to abuse letters of the Latin alphabet in this manner through written correspondence with me, is if you are cute, female, and single."</p> <p>So, I'm two of the three... that's close enough, right?</p> <p>Also, I agree with your footnote. Maybe sketchy with kids just deciding members of the opposite sex don't have cooties, but of all the awkward things they insist upon in high school, this is something that, as you say, could actually be used constructively in the future. Actually, I have an interesting article about Frankie Manning I should send you. He made mention that men and women used to know how to interact because social dancing gave tools for that. But having forgotten social dance, we've forgotten many of those tools. Then again, you went to a workshop with him, right? It is possible he discussed similar ideas in both places. Either way, he discusses them far more cogently than I.</p> “The only situation in which it is acceptable to abuse letters of the Latin alphabet in this manner through written correspondence with me, is if you are cute, female, and single.”

So, I’m two of the three… that’s close enough, right?

Also, I agree with your footnote. Maybe sketchy with kids just deciding members of the opposite sex don’t have cooties, but of all the awkward things they insist upon in high school, this is something that, as you say, could actually be used constructively in the future. Actually, I have an interesting article about Frankie Manning I should send you. He made mention that men and women used to know how to interact because social dancing gave tools for that. But having forgotten social dance, we’ve forgotten many of those tools. Then again, you went to a workshop with him, right? It is possible he discussed similar ideas in both places. Either way, he discusses them far more cogently than I.

]]> By: Christine http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/01/20/dashes/comment-page-1/#comment-5310 Christine Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:31:30 +0000 http://uwmike.com/articles/2007/01/20/dashes/#comment-5310 <p>Mike! Shame on you for letting cute single girls abuse the language. And yes, I would DEFINITELY appreciate having been taught how to dance. Believe it or not, following is really hard to do. (I think it answers your comment of why your partners in more advanced classes are waiting more on your signals: they've learnt how to follow)</p> Mike! Shame on you for letting cute single girls abuse the language. And yes, I would DEFINITELY appreciate having been taught how to dance. Believe it or not, following is really hard to do. (I think it answers your comment of why your partners in more advanced classes are waiting more on your signals: they’ve learnt how to follow)

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