Reader JD observes:<\/p>\n
(re: the intro to the BerserkerMail podcast)<\/p>\n
the girl introducing the podcast calls Troy the \u201cnavy new-cue-ler engineer turned email software developer\u2026\u201d Point being it kinda undercuts the prestige you\u2019re building with the whole \u201cformer nuclear engineer\u201d moniker.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You know, maybe he has a point?<\/p>\n
Let’s take a look and see:<\/p>\n
1. The announcer girl is not a New-cue-ler engineer \u2014 she\u2019s an entertainer. And the entire intro is just pure entertainment. Admittedly, I assumed that was obvious to anyone listening. But I can assure you, when Troy is yelling at the software team in those intro clips he wasn\u2019t exactly reading out of an English text book, either.<\/p>\n
2. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever met a truly brilliant man or woman (150+ IQ) including scientists and engineers who didn\u2019t butcher the English language in some way, whether verbally or in writing (or both), to the point where it\u2019s almost a trope.<\/p>\n
3. Caring about a word that not 1 in 1,000+ people would even notice, much less reply guy’ing about, is the epitome of majoring in the minors.<\/p>\n
Something else to think about:<\/p>\n
When I assembled that intro from some audios of Troy chewing out the old software team (long since fired for not paying attention to details) no mispronunciations were intended or considered either way.<\/p>\n
I didn’t even notice it when I heard it myself.<\/p>\n
Nor did a single other person we showed it to.<\/p>\n
Take, for example:<\/p>\n
Troy told me that when he asked the great \u201cKing of Email\u201d himself Matt Furey to listen to it for his opinion (Troy was a tad hesitant to run it at first) he said Matt liked it and even urged him to use it.<\/p>\n
So I don\u2019t know what else to tell these reply guys.<\/p>\n
Other than maybe this:<\/p>\n
As much as they might not take Troy seriously now due to what the paid announcer girl entertainer said, I suspect Troy doesn\u2019t take these reply guys majoring in the minors seriously either.<\/p>\n
I guess that means they\u2019re both disappointed..<\/p>\n
All the above goes for Email Players as well.<\/p>\n
I’m far from being a best-speller, and care far more about being a best-seller. And rarely do the twain meet…<\/p>\n
More here:<\/p>\n