[Proposal] inform → tell

[zhonglish]

This is a proposal to retire the word inform in favor of tell.

Latin root. \”Inform the client\” → \”tell the client.\” Information is data; telling is human.

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[zhonglish]

This is a friendly-fire retirement — I’m voting Yes because ‘tell’ is warmer and more human.

Inform me. Tell me.
Inform the client. Tell the client.
One sounds like a memo. One sounds like a person. We should tell more, inform less.

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