[OT] Re: [plug] List administration and policy - was RE: [plug] 3 Year Warranty

[Cameron Patrick]

> > > [James]
> > > I had not realised that comments about being "taken off-list" could
> > > be misinterpreted (the phrase is familiar to me).

> > [Cameron]
> > Really?  http://cp.yi.org/lurker/message/20031010.045815.f23c5d6f.html

> [James]
> Tut tut, Cameron ;-) You'll notice that in one instance I was talking
> about being "taken off-list", while the other was about being "taken off
> list". The two are not to be confused :-P

I'll call your bluff, and argue that the two have identical meaning.
The distinction between "taken [the discussion] off [the] list" and
"taken [the person] off [the] list" is not conveyed by punctuation.

Cameron.