Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] Even Us Natives Don't Write English Good
From: mcintyre at ca.inter.net (Jim McIntyre)
Date: Sat May 8 16:52:33 2004
References: <000201c4354f$814640d0$121afea9@Hausner> <A7CFDD6D-A143-11D8-A7C3-0003930C1F28@bradbrad.com>

As my grandmother always said:

"O? laisse le grand fromage pour l'automobile?"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad daly" <brad@bradbrad.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Even Us Natives Don't Write English Good


>
> On May 8, 2004, at 5:54 PM, Buzz Hausner wrote:
>
> > I add my applause for all the non-native speakers who join the LUG
> > dialogue in English.  I only wish a couple of us native English
> > speakers
> > made even the smallest effort at writing clearly.
>
> you don't see me on any french discussion lists, do you?  hell no.  i'd
> end up saying stuff like, "where leaves the big cheese for the
> automobile?" and the french would like us even less!
>
> --
> brad daly
> brad@bradbrad.com
> http://www.bradbrad.com
>
> What Would Bill Hicks Say?
>
> I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.
> --Garry Winogrand
>
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