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Need help with formal email.

CronusCronus Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Social Entropy++
I am writing an email about a prospective job which I need to send out tonight. There is a word that is used internally at the company that is not a real word, which would help make it seem that I know what the hell I am talking about. I can not find this word online at all and have no way to know how to spell it.

I want to know whether it is appropriate to use the "sp?" in a formal email. I don't know if that is purely an internet slang type abbreviation and don't want to use any such language in the email.

Thanks in advance for the answer.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    for a second there i thought you were Cronyx.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    What's the word?

    I would suggest writing the following:

    "[word] (apologies if I've misspelled it)"

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I suggest H/A

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Shit, man. I would just write the word and if it's wrong it will look like you misspelled it. If you write "(sp)" you run the risk of looking inappropriate for the formal context and you also look unsure of what you're talking about, even if you get it right.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Dear Megatron,

    I am interested in the position advertised on craigslist to join your deceptocons (sp?). I am highly qualified for this as I am a robot who turns into a vehicle, and I am also evil. I've attached my resume for your review, and look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    the OP.

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  • NewtronNewtron Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Google or dictionary.com don't work?

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    i would first give ua a shot at the word...see if any of us have heard of it
    then listen to defender and just go for it

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Jordyn wrote:
    Dear Megatron,

    I am interested in the position advertised on craigslist to join your deceptocons (sp?). I am highly qualified for this as I am a robot who turns into a vehicle, and I am also evil. I've attached my resume for your review, and look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    the OP.

    :^:

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  • CronusCronus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    The word is azcap, and the company is Microsoft if anyone happens to know it. DarkPrimus's suggestion sounds the best at this point.

    Thanks again for the suggestions.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    nah you can put it in

    (sp?) is perfectly cromulent

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Cronus wrote:
    The word is azcap, and the company is Microsoft if anyone happens to know it. DarkPrimus's suggestion sounds the best at this point.

    Thanks again for the suggestions.

    Can you use the word in proper context?

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited January 2007
    dark primus are you a weaboo

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Can you use the word in a sentence?

    "At Gallipoli many azcaps were killed by the Turks. Later Mel Gibson made a movie about it"

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'd be willing to bet that if you can't find it on teh intrenets, it doesn't exist. You probably just heard some pretentious jackass use it somewhere because he thought he was smart.

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  • CronusCronus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    The Otaku Inquisition wrote:
    Can you use the word in a sentence?

    "At Gallipoli many azcaps were killed by the Turks. Later Mel Gibson made a movie about it"

    I made it to the azcap part of my interview.

    I'm probably just going to go with, I made it to the azcap(apologies if I've misspelled it) part of my interview. That should be formal enough, and allow me to mangle the spelling. Hell I don't even know if it has a proper spelling.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I think Weaver used to work Microsoft.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    potatoe wrote:
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

    20070116.gif

    speaking of which. what's the website where he made a lot of comics about raptors?

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  • Captain CthulhuCaptain Cthulhu Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I believe the correct spelling is "ass-cap"

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

    snikt

    speaking of which. what's the website where he made a lot of comics about raptors?
    buh?
    i...have not heard of this...but i am very intrigued

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  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Jordyn wrote:
    I think Weaver used to work Microsoft.
    Didn't Grath?

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  • wombatwombat __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Jordyn wrote:
    I think Weaver used to work Microsoft.

    worked em for all they were worth


    like a two dollah hooker

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    potatoe wrote:
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

    snikt

    speaking of which. what's the website where he made a lot of comics about raptors?
    buh?
    i...have not heard of this...but i am very intrigued

    he made one about how the perfect women for him would have the mc hammer slide as her only means of transportation.

    i might have a few saved

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

    snikt

    speaking of which. what's the website where he made a lot of comics about raptors?
    buh?
    i...have not heard of this...but i am very intrigued

    he made one about how the perfect women for him would have the mc hammer slide as her only means of transportation.

    i might have a few saved
    oh, i thought that was a different guy

    http://xkcd.com/

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Just beat me potatoe. D:

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  • Sub StandardSub Standard Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Didn't Weaver steal a mouse from the place he worked one time?

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    HEY

    WHY DONT YOU USE ANOTHER WORD

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Air wrote:
    HEY

    WHY DONT YOU USE ANOTHER WORD
    like

    tertiary

    so much better than secondary and primary

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    potatoe wrote:
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    commie wrote:
    potatoe wrote:
    i am using this topic as an excuse to post a comic that made me chuckle

    snikt

    speaking of which. what's the website where he made a lot of comics about raptors?
    buh?
    i...have not heard of this...but i am very intrigued

    he made one about how the perfect women for him would have the mc hammer slide as her only means of transportation.

    i might have a few saved
    oh, i thought that was a different guy

    http://xkcd.com/

    YES THANKS

    proof ooh beat by blackwind

    edit new one

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Velociraptors are the new zombies.

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  • CronusCronus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Air wrote:
    HEY

    WHY DONT YOU USE ANOTHER WORD

    There is no other word and the definition is over two dozen words long. It doesn't matter though. I used Primus's original suggestion and am now finishing the email.

    Thanks guys.

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
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  • Sub StandardSub Standard Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    We aim to please.

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
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  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    even

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    ok last one I swear, its the one mentioned about the mc hammer slide.

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  • NewtronNewtron Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    get your ass to the soundstage on mars



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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    My older brother thinks the moon landing was faked.

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  • CronusCronus Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Jordyn wrote:
    My older brother thinks the moon landing was faked.

    I really hope you are joking. Really.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    He's getting his doctorate at Mayo Clinic and he got in trouble for calling his supervisor a "spic."

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