RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)

Subject: RE: The New Communication (was Formality going Bye, Bye)
From: "Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>
To: "Ron Hearn" <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:29:17 -0500

Ron Hearn said...

>
> I guess one question is whether (and how much) the language of Emails
> and Instant Messages (e.g alternate and phonetic spellings) should
> influence technical documents in trying to be brief and less formal. I
> think we definitely cross a line if we start telling users to "turn on
> ur puter".
> ron
>

I think the way we spell something and the words we use to describe a
process are not so important as long as we avoid ever writing: "Clap on,
clap off!"

Anyone else ready for a Friday yet?

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