Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: OED - OT (was lense (sic) is indeed...)
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 18:15:50 -0400
 
> My second biggest language peeve, for which I think we can thank the
> corporate spin doctors, is the current use of the word "issue" when
> "problem" is the appropriate word.  Like fingernails on a blackboard!
> Mike Gardner

I know that I use the word "issue" when trying to be "kind" about what I am
saying, and don't want to say that someone has a "problem".