Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:32 PM 8/21/98 -0700, you wrote: >A klan (small 'k') is a group or organization. And in this case, the >only things we burn are Leica copies. Bill, That's clan. As in clan of the cave bear. Klan (klan is a misspelling according to Corel's Word Perfect spell checker) implies, to me, the Ku Klux Klan. Or Klansman. I'm absolutely sure that's not what was meant. Nobody here would be slime enough to subscribe to such a racist attitude, but as a journalist, I am probably more sensitive to the language than others, but this one was an unfortunate misspelling. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress! - - Men's restroom, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.