Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"RIGHT ON MARK!!!!!!!" :-) AND ON TOPIC! ;-) I bet if she wanted a LEICA MM?????????? He couldn't get it for her fast enough under the right circumstance!!! ;-) ;-) cheers, ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: get around Politically Incorrect terminology - speak Yorkshire dialect! > And to further lighten it up here in NY they are Guys and Dolls. > > When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent > For a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal. > Call it sad, call it funny. > But it's better than even money > That the guy's only doing it for some doll. > > > On 7/4/13 1:08 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: > >> Just to lighten things up a bit. >> >> Where I come from, the Fair County of Yorkshire, they >> are all either lads or lasses. >> >> Both lad and lass can be used for all ages, and even >> for animals. >> >> With an appropriate qualifier, e.g. as in a "grand >> lad", it would perfectly describe the subject and the >> feelings conveyed in Nathan's photos of his son after >> his graduation, and express the father's (or viewer's) >> appreciation of the "lad" at the same time. (It can >> also be used together with "lass"). >> >> Grand, by the way, is a wonderfully useful universal >> positive qualifier that can mean intelligent, >> attractive, well-proportioned, helpful, >> smartly-dressed, friendly, successful and all sorts of >> other things. >> >> Here are a few "lads and lasses" >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/People/20070806-_MG_6439-1.jpg. >> html >> a grand lad, our local Bobby >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/People/20070811-_MG_6547-2.jpg. >> html >> here grand lad (lovely), canny lad (clever) or reet lad >> (mischievous) would refer to the dog - funny lass, the >> girl (funny meaning out of the ordinary) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/People/20070811-20070811-_MG_66 >> 81-1-3.jpg.html >> On the verge of political correctness - a big lass and >> a skinny lad >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/Streets/20080828-_MG_8561-4.jpg >> .html >> a sweet little lass >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/Whitby_BW/Whitby_2009_film35-2. >> jpg.html >> a cupple of grand (or canny) lasses >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/Whitby_BW/Whitby_2009_film182.j >> pg.html >> this lad is a reet misery-guts/a proper mean old bugger >> (nowhere near political incorrectness, mean describes >> the bad mood he's in, old has nothing to do with age, >> and bugger is by no means a swearword in Yorkshire) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Whitby/Whitby_BW/Whitby_2009_film106.j >> pg.html >> Owd lads sittin in't Markitplace (Elderly friends in >> the market square) >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information