[Wikipedia-l] Re: New bug concerning lists

Wed Mar 19 01:31:43 UTC 2003

Erik Moeller wrote in part:

>Switching line lengths require more effort on the part of the human brain
>and lead to semantic interpretations of the breaks (as emphasis, pause
>etc.).

>Compare:

> Messages from Communities Around the Globe Palestinians and international  
> friends from the United States, the UK, and the Netherlands marched along  
> Sea Street, Sharia al Baha, one of the central streets in Rafah Camp. As  
> they approached the center of town they began to shout through bullhorns  
> in Arabic "Hurriyah la Falesteen! Hurriyah la al Iraq! Hurriyah la Rafah!  
> Hurriyah la Baghdad!" and in English "Freedom for Palestine! Freedom for  
> Iraq! Freedom for Rafah! Freedom for Baghdad!"

>vs.

> Messages from Communities Around the Globe Palestinians
> and international
> friends from the United States, the UK, and the Netherlands
> marched along
> Sea Street, Sharia al Baha, one of the central streets
> in Rafah Camp.
> As they approached the center of town they began to
> shout through
> bullhorns in Arabic "Hurriyah la Falesteen! Hurriyah la
> al Iraq!
> Hurriyah la Rafah! Hurriyah la Baghdad!" and in English
> "Freedom for
> Palestine! Freedom for Iraq! Freedom for Rafah! Freedom for
> Baghdad!"

And I would write:

 Messages from Communities Around the Globe
 Palestinians and international friends
 from the United States, the UK, and the Netherlands
 marched along Sea Street, Sharia al Baha,
 one of the central streets in Rafah Camp.
 As they approached the center of town
 they began to shout through bullhorns
 in Arabic "Hurriyah la Falesteen! Hurriyah la al Iraq!
 Hurriyah la Rafah! Hurriyah la Baghdad!"
 and in English "Freedom for Palestine! Freedom for Iraq!
 Freedom for Rafah! Freedom for Baghdad!"

because I encourage semantic interpretations of the breaks.

^_^

-- Toby