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From: glratt@rice.edu (Glenn Forbes Larrett)
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Subject: Re: Wordprocessists not typists?
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Date: 10 Aug 90 03:34:04 GMT
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>If a person who types is called a typist,
>what is the official designation for a person
>who does word processing?

Well...
	"word processor" : technically accurate, but connotes the program
		rather than the person word processing
	"word processor operator/user" : again, technically accurate, but
		connotes someone with perhaps more of a computer bent than
		would probably be the case
	"secretary" : connotes a possibly inaccurate servile/subordinate
		status
	"typist" : 
		>Some folks are taking offense, etc.

		(flame on)

	"typist with an attitude" : perhaps more accurate, though belligerent

	"typist with an attitude problem" : ditto

	"#@*&^% typist with a @#)*($& attitude problem" : double ditto
		
	"word processing professional" : professionalism, IMHO, ought to
		transcend quibbling about titles/official designations.

Hell, call 'em word processors: they'll get tired of being regarded as
	machines soon enough.
		(flame off)

Disclaimer: I opine for myself, my whole self, and no one but myself.

	Glenn Larratt
	glratt@uncle-bens.rice.edu

		
	Glenn Larratt			glratt@uncle-bens.rice.edu
	Computing Resource Center	OCIS, Rice University, Houston, Texas