Re: stupid question: how do you spell that thing we do?

Subject: Re: stupid question: how do you spell that thing we do?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:28:47 -0500


From: <kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com>
> For years I've heard and used a spoken abbreviation for "documenting" when
> talking with managers and other tech writers. That abbreviation *sounds*
> like "docking" - as in "when I get done docking this app, I've got a ton
> of release notes to do."
>
> Is there a correct way to *write* this word?

If (as you say) it's an abbreviation, then you can choose your own style. If it
is an abbreviation, of course, then it is not a word.

Bonnie Granat
http://www.granatedit.com



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