[LINK] Recovery of universities, libraries and archives from floods

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 23/01/2011 11:23 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> I did wonder if "Affected" was the right word, but it is the one used by
> the Australian Society of Archivists for their "Register of Disaster
> Affected Archives and Organisations in Australia" and archivists are
> people very careful in their use of words:
> <http://www.archivists.org.au/news/id/29>.

Tom,

I'm not so sure of your claim that archivists are people very careful in 
their use of words. From the link you provided:

"If your archives or organisation has been recently affected by a 
disaster...."

And getting back to your use of affected, I guess I was right when I 
said that I didn't think you meant "affected" adj. 1 pretended, 
artificial. 2 full of affectation.

The trouble with using words that have multiple, contradictory meanings 
is that the ambiguity can lead to misunderstandings - which in some IT 
activities can be disastrous.

IMHO, affected and effected are dangerous words, better avoided.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:	 brd at iimetro.com.au
website: www.drbrd.com