Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] mrs malaprop strikes again
From: Afterswift@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 02:57:05 EDT

In a message dated 8/13/03 11:45:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no writes:

> In general, you can say that "languages" are "dialects" that have acquired
>  an army and a navy. 
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Daniel,

The above is a keeper. I reckon Marx would retort: "Languages are "dialects" 
that have acquired capital through the systematic exploitation of labor. What 
a great list. Leica people are internationalists and always see 'outside the 
viewfinder.'

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