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Subject:Re: Communicator or Writer? From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 10 Jun 1995 13:06:46 PDT
My personal feeling is that, if you write, you should call yourself
a writer. Calling yourself a "communicator" makes it sound like
you're hiding behind a vague multisyllabic title.
-- Robert
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