Re: "layouting," ugh.

["Elisa R. Sawyer" <elisawyer -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I di find the following topic in stack overflow: Layouting comment and
feeds in one view in android
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45430528/layouting-comment-and-feeds-in-one-view-in-android>
If I continue the hunt, I might find more instances where it's used. And if
I do start to find additional indicators that "Layouting" is being adopted
as a word for my current audience, I will allow it.

And I do have confidence that my taking my job seriously will eventually be
seen in a positive light.:-)

Over time, our group will develop a style guide.

-Elisa


On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:35 PM, Wright, Lynne <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com>
wrote:

> As much as i dislike made-up businessspeak-like terms, one's personal
> aversion to an industry-specific word doesn't matter if that's the term
> used by end users.
>
> So if I'm building a help system for web designers, and the norm for them
> is to use "layouting", then my feelings about whether it sounds correct or
> not doesn't matter -- I'd use 'layouting'.
>
> I think THATâs what puts the "senior" in "senior technical writing"...
> knowing how to balance established linguistic rules with the fact that,
> when it comes to technology, new terms are constantly being invented, and
> we, as writers, need to keep up with the times.
>
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> Subject: Re: "layouting," ugh.
>
> If "layouting" is OK, then so is a neologism I saw today: "touchbased" as
> in "Joe and I touchbased and I requested him to reschedule."
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Elisa R. Sawyer <elisawyer -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > I agree! Thanks!
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Robert Lauriston
> > <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Saying "no" is one of the things that puts the senior in senior
> > > technical writer. If someone wants to fire me for correcting their
> > > bad English, they're welcome to try.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Ken Poshedly
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> > > wrote:
> > > > The whole problem is that the original poster is dealing  a
> > > close-minded, self-appointed âexpertâ who manages by intimidation,
> > > always gets what he demands and is not respected and is probably
> > > laughed at
> > behind
> > > his back. ALL of us have at one time or another suffered through
> > > this. No amount of proof from reputable sources is going to change
> > > his mind
> > (unless
> > > I missed a message in this thread). Just hold your nose and finish
> > > the âgarbage jobâ and decided how much longer you want to stay
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