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Subject:RE: Order of menu commands. From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:22:15 -0700
Mike Starr wrote:
> It's certainly not something that I feel comfortable saying
> out loud either.
> However, given that techwr-l (rightly so) does not permit
> HTML-formatted messages, there was no other way I could
> communicate it in my message.
I suppose a joke that has to be explained probably wasn't very funny to
begin with, and explaining rarely helps. :-) But I'm compelled to
clarify nonetheless.
I wasn't referring to saying _the_words_ "right-pointing triangular
arrow symbols" out loud, but the _symbols_themselves_.
You said you wrote things the way you'd say them out loud. Your example
included "*Admin* module >>*Scheduling*>>*Room Maintenance*" -- so I was
wondering, how do you pronounce ">>"?
It's like asking Prince, during his "artist formerly known as" days, how
he pronounced his name. Call it lame Friday humor. :-}
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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