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Re: Chattiness in manuals

Subject: Re: Chattiness in manuals
From: "Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:56:46 +0530

On 10/17/06, Sarah Bouchier <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com> wrote:

Having spent much of yesterday wrestling with a sudden random desire to
ditch all rules of formal writing (not being a fan of being fired, I did
eventually succeed in convincing my brain to be professional instead!),
I'm vaguely curious.

How would you react to a manual that said, "The installation of this
component may take several minutes. This would be a good time to go and
get a cup of tea"?
(Other than concluding that the author had run mad and needed to be
fitted with a snazzy waistcoat with long sleeves, of course)

I, for one, would *love* to read something like that. And to write
something like that. (I have, but not in work-related output; I share
your dislike of being kicked off of a job).

Ed.
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