Re: Technical Writers vs. Technical Communicators

[Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM>]

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>    When someone asks you what you do for a living, do you _really_ say,
>    "I'm a Technical Communicator?"  That's eight syllables, and there
>    are a few pithy sayings about polysyllabic job titles - most of them
>    having to do with an inverse relationship between length of the job
>    title and importance of the job.  Does the TC moniker seem ironic to
>    you, since what we do involves conveying information articulately
>    and CONCISELY?
> Ken d'Albenas                   |  the corner; and the purpose of politics  |


Here are a couple of suggestions, all shorter than eight syllables, some
serious:

compu-scribe
spec scribbler
rule reporter
manual wordsmith
procedure drafter
instruction noter
document czar
science scrawler

Take your pick.

|Len Olszewski, Technical Writer |   "The fish."                      |
|saslpo -at- unx -dot- sas -dot- com|Cary, NC, USA|    -Salvador Dali                  |
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