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Subject:Re: "techcom" or "techcomm" -- ? From:Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> To:Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:37:41 -0800
One of my earliest tech writing jobs was in the TechCom department, which
is why I prefer single M. Then I found the twitter handle TechCom and the
rest is history.
-t
On Friday, February 21, 2014, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> At my company, we use TechComm as the department's nickname. I've seen
> both, but I tend to prefer it with the double-m on the "'techcom' just
> looks weird" basis.
>
> Lin
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com<javascript:;>
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello, Whirlers,
> >
> > I have seen both "techcom" and "techcomm" as well as "marcom" and
> > "marcomm."
> >
> > What are your preferred constructions? Or, do you simply want consistency
> > in the same document?
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Craig Cardimon | Technical Writer
>
>
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