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From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Poor English (here too)
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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 01:59:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  4 01:59:00 1985
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Nf-From: umn-cs!herndon    Mar  4 00:59:00 1985


   [Nothing interesting here - just hit "n"]


   Why is it that the "word" ORIENTATE seems so popular in
computer circles?  The verb is ORIENT!!  In a similar light,
why are signals in computer hardware so often described as
"being in synchronism"?  Do people often sing in harmonism?
  It strikes me as singularly appropriate that computer jocks
are incapable of using human languages with any facility.
They can not write; neither can they spell.  Any analyses?
  Anyhow, considering that persons acquiring degrees in
computer related fields will probably spend at least as
much time writing ENGLISH as computer programs, I find it
disheartening to find so little emphasis on communications
skills in CS departments.

				Alas, Babble-on!

					Robert Herndon