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Subject:Re: George Hayhoe, a rant, and a resignation From:voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare, consultant)" <MadelynBoudreaux -at- ge -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:01:53 -0400
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare,
consultant) <MadelynBoudreaux -at- ge -dot- com> wrote:
> Isn't "consider your audience" the first thing they teach in Tech
> Writing?
>
> At any rate, here we have a prime and lovely example of "the flounce,"
> captured in the wild. I'm more used to the American Extended Adolescent
> Flounce, which involves fewer words, more of them made of 4 letters, and
> rarely involves headings and sub-points. However, this American Academic
> Flounce, while wordier, resembles its cousin in many ways: appeal to
> authority, wounded expression of not being appreciated, and reference to
> another, similarly underappreciated former group member who, although
> he/she left quietly (without flounce), reportedly holds the same views
> as the flouncer.
On another forum I frequent, we refer to this behavior as "Drama Queening"
Although, I do appreciate a notification that someone has left a
particular list, just so I don't worry that something awful has
happened to them (like losing their Internet connection).
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