Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Mac User and Programmer [extended OT rant]
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 20:56:10 -0400
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At 08:27 PM 6/16/02 -0400, Jeff Moore wrote:
>As a technogeek, I knew instantly that an SA (two letters, two
>syllables) is a System Administrator (20 characters, 7 syllables);


Ah!  Thank you.  I, however, am not a "technogeek" but am a human being,
and come from a universe where acronyms are a rare thing.  And, as I own my
own law practice, my refusal to accept acronyms will continue, no matter
the penetration you Byzantine Bureaucrats make.

Convenience has nothing to do with it.  Clarity is everything.  Spell EVERY
word out and avoid unconventional spelling.  The modern academic footnote
style is an enemy to clarity, so I refuse to use it:  see the epexigetical
footnotes and the like in my two books for examples.  

There are no acronyms in the Leica Program catalog or, if they are there,
and I am too lazy at present to look, they are damned few in number.

Marc

msmall@infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!

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