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RE: living with the vernacular (was RE: Beliefs and passions- new job requirements
Subject:RE: living with the vernacular (was RE: Beliefs and passions- new job requirements From:"Porrello, Leonard" <lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com> To:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>, Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:47:13 +0000
Ok. I get it! Sorry for being so slow. Excellent post, Andrew.
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From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 8:20 AM
To: Porrello, Leonard; Andrew Warren
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Subject: RE: living with the vernacular (was RE: Beliefs and passions- new job requirements
Porrello, Leonard wrote
> What I wrote was "bare-faced" satire. My use of "Two", "Could care
> less", and "decimated" were all intentionally wrong.
You may want to read Andrew's reply more carefully. :-)
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com
303-223-5111
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