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>From: Mary Bull
>To: MILLMAN; Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
>Subject: Homonyms (was Dilbert & tech writers)
>Date: Wednesday, August 02, 1995 2:31PM
Mary Bull said:
>I actually thought that strip ("compost salad with fetid cheese") was
funny.
>Who else but someone extremely familiar with the English language could
throw
>around near-homonyms to prove his/her obvious mastery of the language
>("composed salad with feta cheese")? It's like using puns in every day
>conversation. I was never offended - and I'm a female tech writer. Must
just
>bee meat.
Speaking of homonyms (near- and nearer), has anyone ever seen "The Anguish
Languish" by someone named Chace? (The second "c" is not a typo.) Among
its
tasty offerings is "a ladle furry starry" entitled "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut."
The
book (actually a pamphlet) seems to be out of print. I may have a copy of
the
"furry starry" around somewhere. It was apparently used in some circles as
typing test. (If a testee understood it, I can't imagine them completing
the test,
because they'd be laughing too hard to type!)
