The L word!

Now what L word are u thinking of!?? We all know that there was a drama series where L was the word! But my L word is not that L word! Mine is the Manglish L word , the little one with a huge purpose! Yep, its the LAH!
We use it too often and in too many versions. I looked it up in Wikipedia and they have it there. They say that its an "ubiquitous word" used at the end of a sentence. It can also be described as a particle that simultaneously asserts a position and entices solidarity. Whatever, lah!!
So, what about its usage? Again, in Wikipedia , they said that "'lah' is used to change a verb into a command or to soften its tone, particularly when usage of the verb may seem impolite." I say , Yes, meh?
The reason i am doing this post today is not cuz i want to be some expert on the L word. Today the L word appeared in my email as a way to express rudeness, annoyance and sarcasm! It comes after a polite word called Thanks. So here starts the story:
I have email contacts in my address book of people i do not really know. They are the middle people who open emails and then calls out to the people i know to come look at materials sent! These middle people are usually the spouses (always the males) or the kids ( always the teens!) . These people i know ( always the middle-aged females) are not very tech savvy people. They know what emails are , but they don't have their own personal email accounts.
I don't send these ladies fwd mails since they aren't the ones to check them. But they want me to send them dance sheets and video clips of dances I have taught them. That's part of my job and what i am paid to do.
Somewhere along the way , a couple of these middle people will eventually include me in their mailing list. I have no complaints cuz its as easy as a click away if i do not want to read the mails. But yesterday i got this one fwd email that i have seen being circulated over the years. And it had this huge bold question that goes " AMAZING! HOW DOES HE DO IT? " Usually i just hit Delete and forget about it. Yesterday however was a very very boring and slow day for me , and i very very Kaypo hit the Reply button and explained that Mr Copperfield wasn't all that magical nor amazing in 3 short lines.
What came back to me this morning in an email was the L word! It was typed in a font that's bold and black , size 24 , accompanied by a THANKS! ( with a LAH! ) Now if u read it in bold and big , it goes :





So u tell me , does this soften the note? I saw it and went OUCH!
E-mail slap!