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Re: Engineerspeak (was: an observation about writing)
Subject:Re: Engineerspeak (was: an observation about writing) From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 Dec 1995 11:39:24 PST
On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 00:36:12 -0500 you wrote:
>"The hero traversed in a westerly direction, at a constant velocity,
> utilizing
<snip>
>Although, I have to admit I'm not sure the engineer would use the word
>"hero." Surely, there's a handy acronym around somewhere!
The primary protagonist?
Your friend and mine,
Matt Ion
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