RE: "parallelize"

Subject: RE: "parallelize"
From: "Michael West" <mwest -at- oz -dot- quest -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:50:20 +1000

I notice that David Locke, in defending "parallelize", uses the term "to make
parallel" to explain it.

If the writer had written "make parallel" in the first place all of this
fire-breathing would be unnecessary. "Make parallel" need no explanation.
"Parallelize" -- a legitimate but seldom-used word -- does.

Mr Locke also writes, "Rest assured they (SMEs) know what the words they
wrote mean." Wrong. The meaning resides in their minds, not in the words.
They know what *they* mean. As for whether the *words* they choose are the
best words to communicate what they mean -- that's for other people,
including communications experts, to judge.

Michael West
Melbourne, Australia







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