3.2. Flamewars & abbreviations (Love-Hounds and their behaviour...)
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This article is from the Gaffa - Love-Hounds - Kate Bush FAQ, by Ulrich Grepel uli@zoodle.robin.de with numerous contributions by others.
3.2. Flamewars & abbreviations (Love-Hounds and their behaviour...)
Normally Katefans are nice people. Hey! We all share at least one
similar taste in music! Nevertheless r.m.g shares something with every
other usenet newsgroup - that is, there are flamewars. Even the nasty
kind. No one likes them, so the best way to deal with rude and/or
uninteresting posts is to ignore then and post something positive and
interesting.
Newbies are explicitly invited to take part in the conversation. Be it
that you want to know something not in this FAQ, be it that you think
you have a piece of information to share, be it that you think you
know some other music you think should be known by more people. (Though
I'd say you should at least like Kate :-) ...)
Abbreviations commonly used on Love-Hounds include common Usenet
conventions such as IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), ROFL (Rolling on the
floor laughing), as well as sideways faces, known as "smilies" such
as :-). Also used here are the initials of Kate's songs, such as RUTH
for Running Up That Hill (sometimes known as DwG for Deal with God ;^).
A new one commonly seen is /+) or |X( or any combination, such
as |+). This is, of course, Kate's film "The Line, the Cross, and
The Curve" (Sometimes abbreviated to the less cryptic-looking TLTCTC).
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