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Originally Posted by LindsayKnowlton
I think the tradition of "graciously accepting" an alliance offer stems from the ubiquious FIRST term of "gracious professionalism." One of the definitions for gracious is "marked by kindness and courtesy." (Yay Webster dictionary) So maybe it's not as bad as we think. It might imply "We are SO nice and courteous that we're going to accept/decline your offer," but it could also be more like, "We'd like the say in the kindest way that we accept/reject your offer." Partially, it's how statements are inferred, really.
No one seems to really look that deeply into the acceptance statements, anyways; as long as you say "yes" or "no" somehow without being TOO ridiculous. (But I could be wrong here; I don't mind a bit of creativity  ). |
Hmmm "
"We Kindly accept your offer"
"We Courteously accept your offer... "
You may MEAN something but it is not necessarily what you said...
I Have this dream... I'm following the manual for defusing a bomb while actually defusing a bomb and I read:
"Cut the Blue Wire"... I cut the Blue wire
"Cut the Purple Wire"... I cut the Purple wire
"Cut the Red Wire"... I cut the Red wire
"Having first cut the Gray wire"... Thanks a lot...
Seriously, I used to replace the platters and heads on disc drives and it was scary enough just opening them up (with a customer's entire data base on them) so that I didn't need the added aggravation of instructions that were not quite clear because the technical writer expected you to KNOW what they meant rather than what they actually said (or wrote in this case).
AND as I have mentioned before, having an editor at one time in my life permanently affected me in my view of language. ( I'm tainted... I admit it.)
So, it is just MY OPINION that language.. CONCISE language... is very important and that it should be a part of FIRST.
Programmers... don't your mentors strongly encourage you to include comments in your programs for yourself and future programmers who might build on your work? Shouldn't those comments be very clear so that a future programmer doesn't have to lose the time you gained for them by having to go back over your code and figure out what you did because the comments didn't quite make sense?
I will grant you it is a seemingly small error, but if it IS a small error (to Graciously accept)... then it is very easily corrected.
OK I'm laying low for awhile. Having made my point I think I will let it rest... The FIRST organization is gonna kill me when people start reciting epic poems to accept an alliance partnership. ... Hmmm What rhymes with "F.I.R.S.T."
Best wishes
Steve Alaniz