[Leica] American Pastoral

Sonny Carter sonc.hegr at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 05:54:21 PDT 2018


More likely a political dig at Dick's.  Grammatically speaking if it were a
Double détente or double entendre, they should have left out the apostrophe.

Seems to have caught on . . .

http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/we-sell-ar-15s-banner-at-sc-pawn-shop-takes-jab-at-dicks-sporting-goods

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/05/dean-weingarten/gun-shops-were-not-all-dicks/

https://me.me/i/modern-we-sell-ars-because-were-not-dicks-antique-sv-21546654

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Wiki : "However, the English formulation is a corruption of the authentic
> French expression à double entente ("double meaning").[4] <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre#cite_note-reverso-4> Modern
> French uses double sens instead; the phrase double entendre has no real
> meaning in the modern French language."
>
> :-(
>
> "Double détente" (double trigger), might be more connected with the
> subject…
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > Le 24 juil. 2018 à 09:59, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> écrit :
> >
> > And as Mr. Rodgers might say:  "Can you say 'double entendre?'"
> > --Peter
> >
> > Chris Crawford wrote:
> > > The sign references Dick's Sporting Goods, a large chain that sells
> hunting
> > > gear. They announced recently that they would stop selling AR-15
> rifles, and
> > > would only sell hunting rifles and shotguns.
> > >
> > Peter Klein wrote:
> > >>     A sign of the times.  Seen in Sequim, Washington...
> > >>
> > >> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/
> 43557634992/in/dateposted-public/>
> > >>
> > >>     Olympus E-M5 and 45/1.8.  It's pronounced "skwim."
> > >>     --Peter
> > >>
> >
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Sonny
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