Cortland Following up on your comments from Churchill below, I think that we should all consider the concept of "less is more" when discussing a topic. Short and to the point email leaves a lot less to interpretation, regardless of the language used.
Best Regards, Paul J Smith Teradyne, Inc., paul.j.sm...@teradyne.com Cortland Richmond <72146....@compuserve.com> on 03/27/2000 02:07:19 AM Please respond to Cortland Richmond <72146....@compuserve.com> To: Lou Gnecco <l...@tempest-inc.com>, ieee pstc list <emc-p...@ieee.org> cc: (bcc: Paul J Smith/Bos/Teradyne) Subject: Re: A modest proposal. More on BASIC English, etc: _The Oxford Companion to the English Language_ (ISBN 0-19-214123-X) has entries about BASIC English, Airspeak (ICAO English), Seaspeak and restricted vocabulary English. Things in modern usage we old f*rts might object to are hardly addressed by these abbreviated English forms at all. They are concerned only with maximizing communication with minimal knowledge on a speaker's or listener's part. While I sometimes find BASIC English awkward, it does have a lot to recommend it. I find, though, that I can get close to BASIC's ease of being understood by just making my words as short as I can. Wasn't it Churchill who said, "Short words are best, and the old, short words, better?" Ad Astra -- per Aspirin! Cortland ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org