[Paddlewise] E-Prime help

I'm brand new to Paddlewise and fairly new to e-mail. What is E-Prime? What
does  this mean :), etc? Is there a dictionary of this stuff on the net? I
figured <G> that means a grin from the context, but some of the others I'm
guessing. Am I stupid, or am I supposed to know this stuff from somewhere? 

Helpless in Victoria,

Doug Lloyd

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