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Subject: Nomenclature Suggestion (Picky, one each)
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                   I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:      3-Apr-1987 16:47 
                                        From:      Terry L Myers 
                                        Username:  MYERST 
                                        Dept:      SCOP
                                        Tel No:    5554

TO:  _MAILER!                             ( _DDN[INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA] )


Subject: Nomenclature Suggestion (Picky, one each)

When reading documentation or commentary, it's fine to use OA-N for 
"Open-Apple Key" and "N" or CA-N for "Closed-Apple Key" and "N", but I get
a little impatient with this convention when talking.  Why take five (or
four) syllables to describe two keys?  Wouldn't it be just as
understandable and much quicker to say "White-N" or "Black-N"? 

I realize this is a picky distiction, but I use a computer to do things 
faster.  Why should I waste 1000 milliseconds to say "O-pen Ap-ple" when I 
can just say "White"?

This is just a random thought, thrown out for what it's worth.  Please 
don't reply unless you can think of a polite way to tell me I'm wasting 
space.

				Terry L Myers
				Bedford, Mass

"So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out 
anything about it."   James Thurber


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