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RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)
Subject:RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye) From:"Ron Hearn" <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:38:13 -0800
I guess one question is whether (and how much) the language of Emails
and Instant Messages (e.g alternate and phonetic spellings) should
influence technical documents in trying to be brief and less formal. I
think we definitely cross a line if we start telling users to "turn on
ur puter".
ron
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Subject: RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)
> That's nonsense; if true, then there's no standard for spelling
> and weee cud spel iny wurd ny way weee wushd n it wud be rite.
Shades of Chaucer; also the Journals of Lewis & Clark! ;<)
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