From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Tue Dec 9 01:04:40 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom7 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom7@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 1FCCCC178DA; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 01:04:40 +0100 (CET) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mail.jpl.nasa.gov (sentrion1.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.139.105]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A46C178D6 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 01:04:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from mprox3.jpl.nasa.gov (mprox3.jpl.nasa.gov [137.78.160.171]) by mail.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.3.2mp/Switch-3.3.2mp) with ESMTP id mB904M9v013282; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:04:23 GMT Received: from [137.79.7.57] (math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by mprox3.jpl.nasa.gov (Switch-3.2.6/Switch-3.2.6) with ESMTP id mB904IWH002336 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:04:20 -0800 Subject: The secret of successful writing and speaking From: Van Snyder Reply-To: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Yes Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:04:18 -0800 Message-Id: <1228781058.15904.902.camel@math.jpl.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-8.el5_2.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: math.jpl.nasa.gov [137.79.7.57] X-Source-Sender: Van.Snyder@jpl.nasa.gov X-AUTH: Authorized To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk The secret of successful writing and speaking: In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable, philosophical or psychological observations, either in prose or as extemporaneous verbal evaporations or expatiations, Embrace clarified conciseness compact comprehensibleness lucidity intelligibility veracious vivacity Eschew (i.e., sedulously avoid coalescent conglomerations of) pompous prolixity platitudious ponderosity precise garrulity jejeune bafflement asinine affectations rodomontade thespian bombast punctilious remonstrance profligate expostulation polysyllabic profundity pompous propensity psittaceous vacuity ventriloquent verbosity vaniloquent vapidity double entendre obnoxous jocosity pestiferous profanity redundant repetition [Thanks to Rex]