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RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately
Subject:RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately From:<Marsha -dot- Kamish -at- shell -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:17:22 -0600
That would be too bad. As soon as the phone numbers came up at the end of the section in English, I looked to see if I could get in contact with the writer. I want to know what the audience for the watch thought, what the higher-ups in the company thought, etc. Made me laugh and that's never a bad thing IMHO.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+marsha -dot- kamish=shell -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+marsha -dot- kamish=shell -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On
Behalf Of Poshedly, Ken
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Dan Goldstein; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp.
inappropriately
Jeez.
Wouldn't it be something if that Timex writer is - but now _was_ -
simply a reader on this list?
We'd never find out the real story about how and why he or she did what
they did. Directive from above? Just didn't know better? An honest
effort gone awry?)
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From: techwr-l-bounces+poshedlyk=polysius -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+poshedlyk=polysius -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:32 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp.
inappropriately
Forgetting for a moment the excruciating tone and the too-cute layout,
there are hints that the writer is not a native English speaker. Do the
other languages use the same awful tone as the English?
And in all fairness to the tech writers at Timex, the manual might have
been disgorged by someone in another department. I can't imagine a
professional tech writer using it as a sample in a portfolio.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Warren
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:32 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp.
> inappropriately
>
>http://btb.timex.com/instructions/Helix.pdf
>
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