RE: Lingua Franca Today

Subject: RE: Lingua Franca Today
From: Jim Hager <jhager -at- techrx -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:52:54 -0500

Kelly,

I've been a tech writer for a long while in the USA. I've worked for several
companies that had divisions or people around the globe.

I do not know what the term Franca Lingua means. I do know that it is not a
techie or a geek term. It's not in any of the 5 or 6 computer dictionaries I
have at my desk.

My caveat is that I came to tech writing from the tech side of the business
not the English language side of the business.

Bottom line: I suggest that you do not use term; even if you do explain it.
It seems pretentious and ostentatious, to be redundant.

Jim Hager
jhager -at- techrx -dot- com
tech writer

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Subject: Lingua Franca Today
From: kelley <kwalker2 -at- gte -dot- net>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:10:20 -0500
X-Message-Number: 43


Hi folks,

A question: I'd written a report with a section in it on router attacks,
geared toward techs and the executives in an IT dept:

"The border gateway protocol (BGP) is a critical component of the
Internet's routing infrastructure. It serves as a lingua franca between
routers made by different manufacturers. When a company needs to move
information from Manhattan to Milan in the click of a mouse, routers speak
BGP to one another in order to move network traffic without losing it. "

upon review, someone--an executive in the IT dept--wrote to ask what lingua
franca meant in geek speak. he thought it was a contemporary phrase from
the geek world.

so, i thought i'd stick a little sidebar/call out box in the report with a
brief history of the phrase.

what exactly do we call the english that is the lingua franca of the
contemporary corporate world?

corporate english? business english? american english? ??

thanks,

Kelley

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