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From: B.J. Smith [mailto:bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu]
Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 15:08
To: Cardimon, Craig; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
I meant to Reply List earlier but jabbed the wrong button.
On 1/30/2012 1:03 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
> I'd use jab. I like that one.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B.J. Smith [mailto:bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu]
> Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 15:03
> To: Cardimon, Craig
> Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
>
> If not press or click, how about jab, punch, hit, poke or otherwise
> activate the thing. :-)
>
> B.J.
>
> On 1/30/2012 12:52 PM, Cardimon, Craig wrote:
>> Playing Humorous Devil's Advocate, I was thinking of Pull as the opposite of Press.
>>
>> *If they don't like Press, how about Pull*
>>
>> This is one of the many reasons I don't use humor in tech writing. It's very hard to make it fly.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Margaret Cekis [mailto:margaret -dot- cekis -at- comcast -dot- net]
>> Sent: lundi 30 janvier 2012 14:51
>> To: Cardimon, Craig
>> Cc: techwrl; Suzanne Chiles; Peter Sturgeon
>> Subject: Re: Another Punctuation Question
>>
>> Craig Cardimon asked, 'How about "pull" then?'
>> How do you "pull" a virtual button?
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