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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
How does someone have a "Tone" in a typed message?  |
Plagiarized from Wickipedia (but not cut and pasted, so presumably ok and suitable for PaulS to read):
"Tone is a literary technique that is part of a composition, which encompasses the attitude toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work. Tone may be formal, informal, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, condescending, or many other possible attitudes. . . . All pieces of literature, even official documents, have some sort of tone."
When PaulS accuses ScottW of being one of the least classy people on this site, that has a formal, serious and condescending tone.
Condescension is one of the least classy tones.