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RE: stupid question: how do you spell that thing we do?
Subject:RE: stupid question: how do you spell that thing we do? From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:40:29 -0500
Well, personally, I just wouldn't use the word at all. It's one of those "vouns" or "nerbs" (I'm not sure which term is correct here) that makes me cringe.
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From: kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com [mailto:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: stupid question: how do you spell that thing we do?
For years I've heard and used a spoken abbreviation for "documenting" when talking with managers and other tech writers. That abbreviation *sounds* like "docking" - as in "when I get done docking this app, I've got a ton of release notes to do."
Is there a correct way to *write* this word? Obviously "docking" is both incorrect and deceptive. But "docing" looks weird, and "doc'ing" looks like the name of an obscure underground Haiku poet. "Doc-ing" comes close, but still looks bad, at least to me.
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