Humor essay about a car manual’s diction

August 16th, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment »

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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