Equally the email unlike the handwritten letter is emotionally ponderous This electronic Eros is said to have revive the art of the love letter Millions of these missives now flow down the lines where previously there was only idle chatter Hurrah for that At least these emails are written in a sort of English and a sort of grammar But words printed on a screen pack a monotonous punch Their writers are often unaccustomed to the power of the written word and tend in computer jargon to flare Their meaning becomes exaggerated and distorted in transmission And printed words written in haste lack the care and character of handwriting