RE: Jargon Use

Subject: RE: Jargon Use
From: "Domaschuk, Rob" <Robd -at- datalogics -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:16:27 -0500

Kim, et al,

Actually, as a Canadian living in the USA, I have come to learn that "a
boot" is the way we Canadians sound when we pronounce "about". For example
(BTW, this is a phonetic example), when we say "the movie is about 2 hours
long", it *sounds* like we are saying "the movie is 'a boot' 2 hours long."

Therefore, using the phrase in a manual certainly requires knowing the
context.


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