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Subject:malapropisms and the TW From:Melissa Hunter-Kilmer <mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:08:49 EST
Melissa Fisher <MFisher -at- AUTOMATEDLOGIC -dot- COM>, she of the wonderful
first name, wrote:
> Also seen on public display in my home town: "Amera Reality has
> moved!" (I know a few people who should shop there) and "For sale:
> Fried Pork Rynes" (probably just as well to not know what they
> really are).
It's a wonderful example of what tech writers should _not_
do!
There's a sign in my community that makes me and my family
giggle every time we pass it (okay, we're easily amused).
I changed the name to protect the oblivious.
Dr. Daniel Mulcahy
Ear - Nose - Throat
Facial Plastic Surgery
Rear Entrance
I'm doubtless being hypersensitive. I should know that the
sign just means to use the door at the back of the
building.
Each word has only one meaning, the meaning that works in
business. Riiiiight. ;-)
Melissa Hunter-Kilmer
mhunterk -at- bna -dot- com
(standard disclaimer)
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