RE: Pretentious writing (was Re: Order of Magnitude)

Subject: RE: Pretentious writing (was Re: Order of Magnitude)
From: Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:26:16 -0400


Dick Margulis wrote:
>
> PS: For the record, Ben, there is nothing at all amiss with
> your word choices that I poked fun at above. I was only
> pointing out that we all understand exactly what you mean
> even though those words formerly had narrower meanings.
>
One of my favourite words still has not lost its original meaning:
"Defenestration"

I'm surprised it hasn't mutated its way into common usage in Microsoft-based
documentation. What better way to dispose of data than to throw it out a
Window?

<running very, very fast>

Cheers ... Kim
kim.roper at vitana.com
http://www.pixelink.com/

More evidence that Microsoft is vindictive:
Just see if Word's Autocorrect doesn't want an "I" for an "i" ...

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