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thistlechaser ([personal profile] thistlechaser) wrote2016-02-05 11:45 am
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Quick question

I'm a technical writer, and I've inherited a set of documents I have to maintain. Someone else created them, someone else named them. One of the file names is anal_timing. It's about timing analyst, so there's plausible deniability on the name, but every time I have to refer to them to someone else, I'm embarrassed. However, as long-time readers of my LJ know, my humor is kind of out of wack -- if someone brought me a file named anal_timing, I'd have a hard time not snickering out loud. My brain would SO go to the adult meaning first. But would other people?

So help me, friends list! What do you think about having a file at work named anal_timing? While the name could be seen as fitting, there are many other, not-potentially-offensive names that would fit too.

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[personal profile] hamsterwoman 2016-02-05 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
My assumption is that whoever named that did it on purpose/as a joke; I mean, if you were going to shorten ONE of the two words in that phrase, it makes more sense to shorten "timing" or to do something with skipped vowels, like "anlst_tmg" -- and I've never seen "analysis" or "analyst" shortened to "anal", probably for a good reason. Name as it is would make me snicker for sure... but people might be used to it by now and don't notice anymore.

[identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com 2016-02-06 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
As it was named by an older man who keeps porn on his work computer... I really do believe it's on purpose.

and I've never seen "analysis" or "analyst" shortened to "anal",

Agreed, probably for a reason, like you said.