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Re: Re: Legal English (was RE: Using M-dash and N-dash?)
Subject:Re: Re: Legal English (was RE: Using M-dash and N-dash?) From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:52:02 -0500
Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
> Saying that "legalese" is necessary because "we are making
> laws" doesn't really address the question of why it has to
> be used.
Don't kid yourself; techies have their own set of jargon, memes, tropes, and
general boilerplate that is (almost) as impenetrable as legalese.
