Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/19
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On 19 Nov 98, Marc James Small wrote, at least in part:
> Folks, the optical effect caused when shooting contre-jour is "FLARE".
> "Flair" means elan, with spirit or spunk, or an aptitude, as in "Marc
> James Small has a real flair for irritating the daylights out of the LUG".
Now look who's w/o a sense of humor! You really think a group as
erudite as this doesn't know that? C'mon, Marc - when used, I'll
guarantee that it is either a typo or someone having a bit of fun
at our expense.
And, you know about the perception of rudeness that goes with
correction of someone's spelling on the INTERNET, not? Perhaps
VPI offers a night course in PC101.
- --
Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only
truth, but supreme beauty--a beauty cold and austere,
like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of
our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of
painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of
a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.
-- Bertrand Russell