Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] Mikado, Señoritas, vocabulary, and respect
From: jplaurel at gmail.com (Jim Gmail)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:16:30 -0700
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Thank you for the clarification, Brian. However, I struggle to imagine any 
context in which the word se?orita would offend anyone. The next thing you 
know, we'll have to be careful of saying "Leica", for fear of offending 
those who can't afford one.

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On Jul 21, 2014, at 14:16, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:

>> Well, now I?ve seen everything. If the collective sensibility on the LUG 
>> is now such that the term ?se?oritas? is considered derogatory or 
>> disrespectful, then it is no longer the place for me. Unbelievable.
> 
> Actually, what I said is that the term has different meanings when used by 
> different people. What I am asking is that people not be attacked in 
> public for their use of language.
> 
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