Re: Re: Sticking point

On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 5:37:03 PM, Bill Walton wrote:

> I find it hard because I'm working as a surrogate for others who don't use
> those terms.  As a manager of managers, I didn't use those terms.  As a
> consultant to managers of managers, I don't use those terms.  The use of
> those terms causes a switching problem for me.  I have to switch out of the
> listening mode, into a translating mode, and and then back into the
> listening mode.  Not impossible, but problematic.  Later I'll have a bigger
> potential problem, the more I get used to the slang, if I don't remember to
> do the translation as I talk about XP.  I'd much prefer not to get used to
> using it.

That's interesting. I have the probably mistaken impression that I don't talk
slang. What I do consciously do is to refer to specific XP terms when I'm
talking about XP, but I try always to explain them in terms that a human could
understand.

If you catch me not doing that. please inquire within.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
The work teaches us.  -- Richard Gabriel


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