Re: [Air-l] "lurking"

I agree: "lurk" has a negative ring, and not without reason: when the expression came into being, it was inconceivable that someone would sit on a BBS and do nothing but lurk in the message section. Now, however, people spend days at a time online doing nothing but lurk in the bandwidth. Perhaps we should change the word, to reflect the changing time: I'm in favor of "wallflower." Chris Berg TA - English Dept., NC State University Ph.D. Student - CRDM Office: T-G116A Phone: 513-7967 cbberg@ncsu.edu http://www4.ncsu.edu/~cbberg