Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] AVOID ACRONYMS!
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 07:54:45 -0800

At 09:42 AM 3/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Marc James Small wrote:
>>=20
>Snip
>>=20
>> BLOODY HELL:  PRAY, LUGGER'S:  AVOID ACRONYMS!
>>=20
>> Marc
>
>What's a LUG? ;)
>
>Carl
>=20

I thought you would never ask...

Main Entry: lug
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lugged; lug=B7ging
Etymology: Middle English luggen to pull by the hair or ear, drag, probably
of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian lugga to pull by the hair
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : DRAG, PULL
2 : to carry laboriously
3 : to introduce in a forced manner <lugs my name into the argument>
intransitive senses
1 : to pull with effort : TUG
2 : to move heavily or by jerks <the car lugs on hills>
3 of a racehorse : to swerve from the course toward or away from the inside
rail=20

You know, what we do with Leicas...

Jim