RE: "Gage"

["Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- users -dot- com>]

I would call it "sending a message," although I concede that then you
have three words instead of one. As I said before, I can't bring myself
to write about "decisioning a loan." I still feel compelled to write,
"making a decision on a loan," and I'll keep doing that until our editor
tells me it's not acceptable.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren [mailto:lauren -at- writeco -dot- net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:55 PM
To: quills -at- airmail -dot- net; Downing, David; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "Gage"

> From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net

> Yea, well, messaging is another abomination, but it seems the 
> marketing people hold sway.

What part is the abomination?  The word "messaging" or the new
technology
that it describes that does not have a descriptive term, otherwise?  

What do you call the form of communication of sending someone a message
through a messaging service?   There is "texting," which refers to
sending
text messages through phones and other means with SMS, but what is
sending a
message through any means, such as instant message, SMS, picture message
(not text only), chat, or others?  

Must people be specific when they say they will send a message and
specify
that they will IM, text, or send some other form of message to a person?

What is messaging called if "messaging" is an abomination?

Lauren




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