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From: techwr-l-bounces+gordon -dot- mclean=ciboodle -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+gordon -dot- mclean=ciboodle -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Downing, David
Sent: 10 December 2008 15:51
To: quills -at- airmail -dot- net; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "Gage"
There's one that really get me at my work. We make financial software and
they've got me doing loan-related documents, and I cringe every time I hear
about "decisioning" a loan. In fact, I haven't been able to bring myself to
write that one.
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From: quills -at- airmail -dot- net [mailto:quills -at- airmail -dot- net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Downing, David; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: "Gage"
At 8:29 AM -0600 12/10/08, Downing, David wrote:
>
>Sounds like yet another example of a misspelling becoming accepted
>because everyone was doing it. But I concede that it has become
>*officially* accepted, because it's in my spell checker's dictionary.
>
>And while we're back on the subject of twisting the language, did you
>say "tolerancing"??? I'm not sure how much tolerance I have for that
>one -- and my spell checker does *not* recognize that one.
>
>David
Yea, well, messaging is another abomination, but it seems the marketing
people hold sway.
Scott
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