RE: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp. inappropriately

[Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us>]

I dunno. Maybe they just knew their audience.

I liked it, though the "do not eat watch" was a little over the top. It
gave me a feeling that I was being "talked through" operating the watch
rather than interpreting a set of direction on my own. I'd see including it
as a portfolio piece. It didn't feel the slightest bit snarky or facetious
to me. Of course my perception could change dramatically depending on how
much I shelled out for the watch. $30-50 timex, sure why not. $400-500
Citizen â not on your life â that sucker better come with a textbook!

Layout, I am betting is because the booklet is actually die-cut to the
circle for placement behind the watch in the box.

-Greg

techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
02/26/2007 09:32:22 AM:

> Forgetting for a moment the excruciating tone and the too-cute layout,
> there are hints that the writer is not a native English speaker. Do the
> other languages use the same awful tone as the English?
>
> And in all fairness to the tech writers at Timex, the manual might have
> been disgorged by someone in another department. I can't imagine a
> professional tech writer using it as a sample in a portfolio.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Warren
> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:32 PM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: fa-ce-tious adj. 1 Straining to be funny, esp.
> > inappropriately
> >
> > http://btb.timex.com/instructions/Helix.pdf
> >
>
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