On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:44:22AM -0000, Leigh Scott wrote:
Tone doesn't translate well to email. I assume you meant this with a joking,
friendly tone -- but "grubby" is still negative (merriam-webster says
"worthy of contempt"). It's easy for these things to be misread or taken
out
of context and better to, yeah, stick to being nice. The negative language
doesn't really add anything even as a joke.
It depends if you choose to ignore the smiley at the end of my comment.