Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 5:30 PM -0700 6/1/00, Guy Bennett wrote: >>ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote: >>> >>> According to Hasselblad Compendium author Richard Norlin, Victor >>>Hasselblad >>> once had a dog named "Leica," apparently in his youth when he was a Leica >>> user. "We can only guess what his dog may have been like, but I doubt >>>Oscar >>> Barnack ever had a cat named Victor," Norlin said. >> >>What color was George Washingtons white horse? >>What was the name of Victor Hasselblad's dog named Leica? >>Mark Rabiner >>Victor being a much better name for a dog! > > >i personally like: > >- fido >- rover >- spot > >for a dog. > >the last two take a moment to decode, so cut from their quotidian roots >have the names become. > >the first one remains quite mysterious to me. Comes from 'true' or 'loyal' in Latin. I had a hunch back in 1961 in High School that this Latin stuff would come in handy one day. Glad it finally did. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com