Re: professional approach to communication

Posted by Christian-103 on
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I agree that verbal shorthand is a hindrance.  What is the "in jargon" now will not survive five years, and as we've seen just this week, we have valuable references from the 1990's.  "Verbal" short hand cheapens the value of having archives and it makes international communication much more difficult. I moderate a couple of forum based discussion groups, one with about 5000 members, and I do not tolerate it there, and that only a hobby group, not a collection of professionals.  I always remind people that what they have to say shouldn't be cheapened by laziness.