Quote:
Originally Posted by detbuch
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.
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it's OK, I don't take it personally...I think PaulS is funny and I'm sure he's a great guy....and VERY classy.....everytime someone mentions "classy", for some reason, all I can think of is Will Farrell dressed up in a bad 70's outfit....if that's classy, I'm cool w/not being that
TDF sets his "tone" with his avatar, everytime he drops an amusing one-liner observation I glance at Archie and laugh my ass off...good stuff