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Subject:Re: pc-manmonth - I had to say it From:steve <steve -at- SOFTLINESYSTEMS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:08:48 -0700
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From: Pamela Jasper <JISCorp -at- AOL -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 9:23 PM
Subject: pc-manmonth - I had to say it
> To quote Steve:
>The problem with Steve's remark is that he thinks that a technical phrase
>that includes the word niggardly can be 'clear' and helpful in aiding one
to
>'quickly understand the task'. Quite the opposite happens when a reader
reads
>the word: it captures your attention (and for many socially aware or
powerful
>women, man-month does this also!), distracts you from whatever 'techie'
stuff
>you were reading, and angers you.
