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Subject:Re: Welcome to my world... From:Barb Ostapina <Barb -dot- Ostapina -at- EXPERIAN -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:38:02 -0500
Mark Levinson wrote...
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...the Munchkin
Welcome, as in "Welcome to the Doodah Day Online
Appointment Planner." When you buy a pneumatic jack,
the instructions don't say "Welcome to the Acme Pneumatic
Jack."...
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Well, maybe if it did lead off with "Welcome to the Acme Pneumatic Jack
Guide..." I wouldn't be so disinclined to read it. Once again, audience is
everything (or at least a whole lot).
barb -dot- ostapina -at- experian -dot- com
...speaking only for myself
