Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] Politically Incorrect terminology
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:34:34 -0500
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Except that no one "over here" has a "cultural problem" with giving or 
receiving expensive gifts either. Yet most of us would consider it insulting 
for a relative stranger to suggest that we were incapable of handling our 
own business; financing our own tools, etc. - which was the case under 
discussion.

a note off the iPad, George

On Jul 4, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> just an example of how
> different cultural attitudes influence the understanding of an
> action/statement.


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