Klarinet Archive - Posting 000109.txt from 2010/08

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Writing Lucidly
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:29:45 -0400

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Kevin Fay <kevin.fay.home@-----.net> wr=
ote:

> One technique lawyers use is the defined term. =A0Either in a specific se=
ction
> of the agreement, or when first used in context, you define a specific
> complex thing and then assign a capitalized word for that specific concep=
t.
> Using the example at hand, it would read something like: "the displacement
> near-node in the mouthpiece adjacent to the reed (the 'Mouthpiece
> Antinode')." =A0You would describe the displacement antinode near the end=
of
> the bell with a different term, (for example, the "Bell Antinode"). =A0The
> actual word used for the definition really doesn't matter - the term "Ham
> Sandwich" would do as well - because the defined terms stands in for the
> defined concept wherever used.

Except that ham sandwich violates the avoidance of stroop interference rule;
keeping the superficial pattern consistent with the deeper pattern.
Ham Sandwich brings up a radically different idea from "Bell
Antinode". Hence, using "Ham Sandwich" for bell antinode is plain
confusing.

http://www.atm.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/mem/lucidity-in-brief/
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