Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] And now, for something completely different....Off topic puppies!
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:36:07 -0400
 
Guy-
Ah, a wordsmith who likes to know the origin of words! I'll endeavor to look
it up! It makes my oxters all sweaty knowing that I am not alone in pursuing
the unusual English word!
Equally off topic, have you read the book- "The professor and the madman"
about the enormaous task of compiling the Oxford English Dictionary?
Fascinating!
Dan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 28 mm-R PC Super-Angulon


>>The true beauty of your parallel lines doesn't happen until that puppy is
>>bolted down securely and LEVEL!
>
>does anyone know the origin of the 'pup'/'puppy' metaphor as used here? i
>realize this is off-topic, but what the hell.
>
>thanks
>
>guy bennett