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Subject:Re: Reading and Editing From:"Karen E. Black" <kblack_text -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:23:06 -0400
To what learning-to-read era do we belong? I started school in English
Protestant Quebec in 1962, when phonics was the way to go. I also grew up in
a reading household, though I didn't learn to read until Grade 1
(surprising, since I was recognised as gifted at an early age and my parents
were both teachers - lazy buggers!).
Depending on what I am reading, I don't always hear the "actor" in my head,
but I'm a comparatively slow listener, since I wait for all the "voices" to
catch up while I read ahead.
As to the "voice" in my technical documentation: lately I have been writing
very little for end-users and more for executives who are reading my
business cases, for whom I try to write as though I am speaking very slowly
to non-English speakers.
On Friday, I actually shouted "Bingo!" during a presentation by our CIO,
during which he presented us with laminated wallet cards with our Mission
Statement emblazoned on them. "Synergy. Collaborative. Leading-edge." I win!
Sadly, I recognised my own writing among the tripe.
Karen Black
Technical Writer and wanna-be iconoclast
www.dhltd.com
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