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Subject:RE: Ampersands in TOC and headers? From:john -at- garisons -dot- com To:"Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com> Date:Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:59:11 -0500
But then we would all sound like Data ... would we also have to have pasty
white "skin" and slicked back hair? They'll have to pry my emotion chip
out of my cold dead forearm ...
My 2¢,
JG
> If everyone were to adopt this practice, the lives Babelfish throughout
> the galaxy would be greatly improved.
>
> Leonard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kat Kuvinka
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:27 AM
> To: lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Ampersands in TOC and headers?
>
> True, some contractions are easily understood and translated. Some are
> not. I just trained myself to avoid them. I trained myself so well I do
> not even use them in speech.
>
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