Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology

Subject: Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology
From: David Dvorkin <dvorkin -at- BOLIX -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:18:35 -0600

David Knopf wrote:

>> "Abort" is to be avoided as well?

>Surely THIS can't be news in Boulder! "Abort" has been on the no-no list
>since I started in technical writing, and let me tell you that was QUITE
>a while ago. We do not impoverish the language by writing "cancel"
>instead of "abort."

"Abort" isn't considered non-pc in Boulder. Perhaps it is in Colorado
Springs!

We impoverish the language whenever we toss out useful and evocative
phrases or words.

David Dvorkin
Qualix Group, Inc.
Boulder Development Ctr.
mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com

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