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Saw an interesting snippet of a study in The Standard. Reminds me that every thing that we do reveals who we are, even how we punctuate...
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HE TYPED, SHE TYPED | ||
| Don't try to fool Susan Herring. The professor of information science at Indiana University can tell whether an e-mail was written by a man or woman by reading only a few lines. "People actually exaggerate their gender online," says Herring, who has been studying sex differences in online communication for 10 years. Here are some of the tell-tale signs to watch for. - Liz Krieger | ||
If you see... | It's a ... | Because ... |
| If I'm soooo tired | woman | Weakness for repeating letters. |
| Ah, hell! Damn! | man | 92 percent of profanities (and 90 percent of sexual references) come from men. |
| WOW, HEY | man | Fondness for interjections. |
| :) :( :P | woman | More likely to use emoticons, a way to how they feel. |
| ; | man | The only emoticon guys use more. Flirty. |
| LOL, ha ha, hee hee | woman | Emphasizes conversational engagement. |
| heh heh | man | Flirtatious juvenile Beavis. |
| !!!! | woman | Generally more effusive. |
So, damn! To hell with this Susan Herring and her e-mail gendering ;) heh heh.
I soooooo have to agree with Cindy; this lot is total pants. Enough of the tired, outmoded gender stereotypes and their inane supporters! Bastards! Smash the dichotomous society! :) LOL
heh heh heh
That explains a lot. I was swapping emails with someone for a whole fortnight and when I told her about a girl I was in love with she still thought I was a lesbian.
Good morning.