OT? Community and tech writing in real life (was Re: Ambiguouswords and Phrases)

[Combs, Richard]

Ned Bedinger wrote: 
 
> Perhaps we should have a default tech writing context for all 
> off-topic posts.  That context could be Simplified Technical 
> English, which doesn't get enough play on techwr-l anyway.  
> So when the discussion turns to browbeating Swallow about his 
> monkey, or Combs' complaints about the pachoulli-scented 
> candles in the break room, we can give them a dignified 
> response. In favor? say Aye.

Wait a minute, I like candles! And it's a canard that they're
napalm-scented. ;-) 
 
> -- Ned "But Richard, what's wrong with Disiderata? It is nearly STE."

Ooh, too funny and almost true. 

Reminds me of an article I read a while ago by Roger Donway
(http://tinyurl.com/2xcegf) praising Kipling's "If" for its technical
and structural excellence as well as its message. It compared "If"
favorably to "Max Ehrmann's dreadful 'Desiderata,' which was wildly
popular in the late sixties (a telling cultural datum)."

TW tie-in: Hey, it's about good writing, ain't it? 

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
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