From: Bill Kelly Date: 2005-11-13T06:03:26+09:00 Subject: Re: RUBY GRAMMAR > > Wow! What happened there? > I dunno, but it reminded me of a recent post on the XP mailing list - Message-ID: <4344A487.6080204@dhemery.com> To: extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com References: <1069410035.20051004074034@XProgramming.com> <4342B224.2080106@mayford.ca> <296556583.20051004195433@XProgramming.com> <7a3fe2020510050510l5b1731ex@mail.gmail.com> <20051005195614.GI21451@darksleep.com> In-Reply-To: <20051005195614.GI21451@darksleep.com> List-Id: Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [XP] communication and abuse >> As I've said before, the responsibility for communication lies upon >> the hearer as much as the speaker. > > I'm not sure what the current theory is, but when I was studying > rhetoric, the generally-accepted rule of thumb seemed to be that it > was 80% speaker, 20% hearer. My rule of thumb is that when I'm the speaker, the speaker is 100% responsible; and when I'm the listener, the listener is 100% responsible. ---- Which I thought was an interesting progression.... :) Regards, Bill