atw: Re: Capitalising titles
- From: Kath Bowman <Kath.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 10:02:10 +0930
No Bob, you are not making it up ☺. Your description exactly matches my
recollection of the 70s in public service.
Add to that:
· Women no longer had to retire when they got married
· Equal pay came in
I hung around long enough to work with the transition of many systems from
manual to computerised. I was lucky enough to work in an area that really
embraced the changes, and was often asked by the IT guys to be the guinea pig.
I miss the tea ladies…
Kath Bowman
Technical Writer
Ros,
That style of capitalising all 'important' nouns was used in the Australian
Govt in the 1970s and earlier.
It was going out of fashion when I was there at that time, as plain English was
arriving.
It was a fun time:
- Suits and ties were going out for men, slacks were allowed for women.
- All staff stopping work and standing when the director walked into the office
was out.
- Tea ladies trundled through the office twice a day.
- Flextime was just coming in.
- Computers arrived after I left. Strangely, problems with the computer system
were often blamed on me.
I am not making this up.
Howard,
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