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On Tuesday, April 27, 1999 2:54 PM, Parks, Beverly
[SMTP:ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL] wrote:
> Just strike the offending words altogether. We've been calling documents
> "docs" forever, anyway. Documentation would just become docutation.
I have several suggestions.
First, the original word was "documentation." As a result, the PC version should
actually be "docuPEOPLEtation." On behalf of plural words anywhere, I must object to
your use of "docuPERSONtation", a singular PCism, when obviously a plural PCism is
required.
Second, as an other-than-straight person, I would call all written material
generated by me "dykeutation."
Beverly also said:
> Women would become wo and men would just cease to exist. :-)
I'm not even going to touch that one. :-)
Julie, waiting for the flames to begin
Julie Comstock-Fisher Documentation Manager
julief -at- pdainc -dot- com PDA, Inc.
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