Sunday, August 24, 2014

Netiquette IQ Blog of The Day - Words to Never Use When Sending Overseas


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1.         Slang
2.         Acronyms (unless they are immediately defined)
3.         Cool
4.         Awesome
5.         Sports teams nicknames
6.         Super
7.         “New” Internet words such as ezine, epolicy [see appendix  ]
8.         Contractions
9.         Commonly misunderstood words principle/principal, inter/imply, etc.
10.       Most jargon
11.       My bad
12.       Cell (cellular phone)
13.       U.S. (or native country) domestic or regional holidays
14.       Phrases from a third party’s language (non-sequitur)
15.       Technical terms, unless your recipient is on the same field
16.       Hot
Abbreviations
A.         Demos
B.         Preso
C.         P.O. (purchase order or postal box)
D.        Promo
E.         Intro
F.         Admin (administrative assistant)
G.        Net (Internet)
H.        Cell
Hint: imagine you are emailing to a native 13 year old, without the condescension.
Hint: For non English natives, use the same principles which are outlined here. Every language has words which are not easy for others language speakers to easily understand.
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