Glad I have found a new subject for us to discuss so we don't run idle
before Philadelphia...
Carl-Uno
> -----Original Message-----
> From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 5:06 AM
> To: cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com
> Cc: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: IPP> ADM - New Pronunciation of IPP?
>
>
> Should we add pronunciation to the requirements and design
> goals doc? :>)
>
> Maybe we should ride the "e" wave..... e-print
>
> - "I will e-print the brochure over to you right away!"
> - "He e-printed me the contract yesterday, so I could sign it
> the same day."
> - "By e-printing out the new price list to all our branches
> over night, we are
> ahead of the competition again."
>
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> cmanros%cp10.es.xerox.com@interlock.lexmark.com on 05/10/99
> 05:12:20 PM
>
> To: ipp%pwg.org@interlock.lexmark.com
> cc: (bcc: Don Wright/Lex/Lexmark)
> Subject: IPP> ADM - New Pronunciation of IPP?
>
>
>
>
> All,
>
> I had one of my creative moments over the week-end and
> started thinking
> about the times when everybody has access to IPP. We need a
> new verb, like
> in "I will fax this over to you!"
>
> If we change the pronunciation of IPP to sound like "ipp" (as
> in "hip") then
> it becomes a lot easier to use as a verb. Try these sentences out:
>
> - "I will ipp the brochure over to you right away!"
> - "He ipped me the contract yesterday, so I could sign it the
> same day."
> - "By ipping out the new price list to all our branches over
> night, we are
> ahead of the competition again."
>
> Something for the next Webster Dictionary edition? The Microsoft spell
> checker also needs updating.
>
> Carl-Uno
>
> Carl-Uno Manros
> Principal Engineer - Xerox Architecture Center - Xerox Corporation
> 701 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA, M/S: ESAE-231
> Phone +1-310-333 8273, Fax +1-310-333 5514
> Email: manros@cp10.es.xerox.com
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