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Re: My use of profanity [now with a note about audience]
Subject:Re: My use of profanity [now with a note about audience] From:Kris Olberg <KJOlberg -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Nov 1995 17:08:26 -0500
In a message dated 95-11-07 18:19:34 EST, lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM (LaVonna
Funkhouser) writes:
>As we technical communicators say: Know thy audience.
Here's a example of an experience I've had many times: A fellow technical
writer looks up from a terminal with a disparaged look. She slowly,
deliberately, and in an over-exaggerated manner says, "F*ck." Never has so
much been communicated in so few words. I have only one option: offer to take
her to lunch.
Audience is paramount.
Regards...Kris
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