RE: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?

["Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>]

It now says the following. I'm not sure how to vote. Should we discuss
that? Interestingly, it doesn't mention beer or needing a committee to
get dressed in the morning. How deucedly odd.



Is technical writing a sellout/fallback career, or is it a glorious and
noble pursuit only second to heated discussions on Techwr-l about polls?
:)

    * No (5050%)
    * Sort of (800%)
    * Yes (500%)
    * Both No, Not Yes (50%)
    * Both Yes and No (0%)
    * Not Yes, Not No (0%)
    * Not No, Both Yes (0%)

Total Votes: 2

Cheers,

Sean


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Subject: Re: Poll: Is technical writing a sellout or fallback career?


> However, perhaps that was a premature thought.
>
> When the cashier at my local supermarket asks the paper-or-plastic 
> question, I understand exactly what is being asked.......... but what 
> I hear would be transcribed as: "Do you want paper, or plastic?"
>
> Notice that little comma-thingie.

I don't think the lack of a comma is causing the problem. When I'm asked
"paper or plastic", the possible answers are "paper", "plastic",
"brought my own", "other". The poll wants me to answer "yes or no".
Uh...yes, paper? Yes, plastic? Yes, both? No, none?

PS Has the question now changed?
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