I'd Rather Be Writing » humor http://idratherbewriting.com The Latest Trends in Technical Communication Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:59:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Humor essay about a car manual’s diction http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/08/16/humor-essay-about-a-car-manuals-diction/ http://idratherbewriting.com/2009/08/16/humor-essay-about-a-car-manuals-diction/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:43:13 +0000 Tom Johnson http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=4595 more »]]> Kai Weber linked to this in the technical communication newsgroup, and I found it pretty funny. Extremely well-written and entertaining, this short humor piece pokes fun of the language the technical writer (“Ezekiel”) uses. It makes you realize that your audience is not always the quick-reading, frustrated user we sometimes assume. Sometimes it’s a linguist who revels in every little detail.

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I love Dilbert — I never realized there were animated Dilbert cartoons. It’s addictive to sit there and watch these — watch out.

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