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|    C. E. Gee to William Vetter    |
|    Re: Would you use these words in a ms.?    |
|    16 May 15 08:19:01    |
      From: thelastearthman@gmail.com              On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 7:28:36 AM UTC-7, William Vetter wrote:       > aileuromorphic       >       > vibrissae       >       > metapodia       >       > calcaneus              I've had too many stories rejected because of some first (slush) reader or an       editor not being familiar technical or scientific words.              And if professionals in the publishing world don't know a word, you can bet       they're thinking the average reader won't know it either.              I try to stay away from such words.              NAMASTE              C.E. Gee aka Chuck               http://www.kinzuakid.blogspot.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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