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RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter?
Subject:RE: What do you guys think of STCs new definition for technicalwriter? From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:35:07 -0400
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> Why is a word or phrase detestable? Is it because of the
> spelling, the sound, or what it seems to define? What then in
> that person's opinion does it seem to define, and what does
> that person find detestable about that?
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That was me, Edwin, and I was not 100% serious. ; )
"Knowledge product" does have the same twang (to me) that "business
solution" has. It's a term that really doesn't say anything, and the reader
has to find out more. Book, online tutorial, instructional video, on the
other hand, convey real information. Another one is "information worker,"
two words taking up space in the universe and conveying absolutely no
meaning.
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