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Subject:Re: Redux one last time From:"Friedman, Michael" <mhf -at- DSC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:54:26 -0700
Dave,
Eric may have authorized to use the word "redux," but do you know how
to pronounce it? Remember that knowing how to spell a word and use it
in a coherent sentence is not the same thing as being able to say it
correctly. I can certify you for "redux pronunciation" ... but it will
cost you another seventy-five bucks. Act now and send me your money
before you humiliate this list in public.
Certifications are like potato chips. You'll never be satisfied with
just one.
Michael
Okay, I know I said I was sick of this thread, but I'm too weak to
stop, okay?.
Michael
I know what you mean but I wish you wouldn't keep on being rational -
a recent experience has taught me the value of Certification. It
showed me the three stages of seeing the light: unknowingness,
awareness, and acceptance.
Once I was "Redux"-illiterate, I can admit it now. I thought I knew
what the word meant - I thought I could figure it out from context -
but I didn't really know for sure. I remember wondering why people
would use such an odd word when many people would not know what it
meant and there were perfectly good words in common usage that could
do the job. I was unknowing.
Then several people told me what the word meant - they had looked it
up - and I was invited to apply for certification. I pondered my
position and began to see that having a certificate to use a word
nobody knew could give me the edge over my competition. It would
create a gap beteen me and the others. I could see the value of my
elevation. I was aware.
So now, having sent Eric Haddock $75 (in monoploy money of course) for
my certificate, I can look forward to the day when I will be duly
authorized to use the word in public without quotation marks. I will
have joined an exclusive club. I will be accepted.
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