"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
. 3.70...
I noticed this one in an explosives chemistry forum (speaking of
charcoal
types):

"... 18v dewalt saw-zaw ..."

A society in which the members cannot communicate any technical
information in detail cannot prosper.

Lloyd

They can compensate in person by drawing pictures, which are often
more helpful anyway. There is little point in verbally describing an
electrical schematic or the shape of a gear tooth. The drawing IS the
native language that best defines them.

I began posting here to practice technical writing, which I flunked
twice in college and would have at Mitre if they graded the course.
Instead the instructor told tales about surviving in the various
corporate and government management models, and how Leonard Bernstein
was a flaming gay who refused to hire anyone like him who wasn't.

Chemistry required a lot of writing, but it had evolved into
memorizeable cliches with precise and universally understood meanings,
like legalese.

I had to learn German to read their pioneering work in chemistry.
There was a soon-to-be Rhodes scholar in math in the class, so the
vocabulary was directed mostly at her. As in English some words like
"solution" (Loesung) apply in both fields.
jsw