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Subject:Re: Friday Fun: What Pet Peeve makes you puke? From:Beth Agnew <beth -dot- agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:01:13 -0400
And one more item before it becomes Monday, the prohibition symbol that
people always display incorrectly. The red circle with the stripe across
it to indicate "no whatever allowed". The crossbar goes from upper left
to lower right, just like the diagonal in the N (a good mnemonic).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_symbol
--Beth
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Beth Agnew
Presenting "Podcasting & Vidcasting: The Future of TechComm"
at the STC Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2 p.m. May 10, 2006
Professor, Technical Communication
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Toronto, ON 416.491.5050 x3133 http://www.tinyurl.com/83u5u
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