Do we Filter Word

[cebarker]

If you look in the about box, you may notice that Microsoft is not the
author of the thesaurus.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at library.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:web4lib at library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Nancy Bunker
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 1998 1:16 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Do we Filter Word
>
>
> At 08:18 AM 6/26/98 -0700, Audrey Kelly wrote:
> >Re: the Word thesaurus - it is at times quite amusing to see the
> >programmer humor... check out the definition for librarian.
> >
>
> I see nothing amusing to the humor in calling a librarian a
> serious amateur,
> or a hobbyist, antiquarian or any of the other terms.  This is
> just another
> example of how little respect librarians receive.
>
> I also don't understand why I should have to pay for the privilege of
> hearing someone else's humor in a tool such as a thesaurus, in a word
> processing program. I would like to think I could trust my word
> processor to
> aid my children in writing their papers with correct English. Apparently,
> Microsoft could care less about the education of our children.
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> Nancy Bunker
> Coordinator of Reference Services
> Whitworth College Library
> Spokane, WA  99251-0901
> (509)777-4481    nbunker at whitworth.edu
>