No, you didn't "offend" anyone, but you changed your tune. Not a biggie. But "diacritic mark" is WRONG. It's like saying, "Bill Gates lives in a mansion house."
Bonnie Granat http://www.GranatEdit.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Brierley, Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:45 PM > To: Bonnie Granat; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts > > I wouldn't necessarily generalize that way. Did I offend? > > On the scale of global technical writing problems, 0 being > nothing at all and 100 being, I dunno, two spaces after a > period, I consider accent versus diacritic to be ... a 2. A > Friday trivial thing. No battle actually, not even a war. > Nope, none, just a discussion. > > Does that put things in perspective? And so it goes .... > > Cheers, > > Sean > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Bonnie Granat > Sent: Fri 7/6/2007 7:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brierley, Sean > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:40 PM > > To: Bill Swallow; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts > > > > Oh, no argument. A discussion, decided, case closed. > > > > You said "battle" and that you would "argue" that thus and > so! Does everyone > speak hyperbolically these days? > > > Bonnie Granat > http://www.GranatEdit.com > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. > New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help > technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. > > > Interactive 3D Documentation > Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com > _______________________________________________ > > Technical Communication Professionals > > Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com > Subscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com > > > > DISCLAIMER: > Important Notice ************************************************* > This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, > privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are > not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or > redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any > attachments and notify the sender that you have received it > in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking > action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail > messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may > not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be > intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge > of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not > comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, > you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC > reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances > permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept > e-mail messages to and from its systems. > ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
