In a conversation today with a #Tech person, I was reminded of a funny #Editing story from a job I used to work.
Years ago, I edited a corporate training company's 900-page courseware catalog. There was one #UNIX training course where we had the same issue every year with the wording, and the same request to the Course Developer: "Can we please, please, PLEASE change the wording here?"
One of the bullet points listed in the "What you will learn:" section of the "Course Description" was...
"How to take a stand-alone dump." 😄
#TechSpeak #TechnicalJargon #ITtraining #CorporateTraining #BadWriting #Editors #WritingCommunity #WritingFun #Humor
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