Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Sam Shoshan jotted down the following: > >> Bessa-L body Unused $229 >> Bessa-R body New $689 > >What's the difference between "New" and "Unused"? Aren't new products >unused, and unused products new, by definition? > >M. martin, i believe that 'new' means 'previously unowned' and 'unused' means 'previously owned but never used.' i have never encountered such lexical hair-splitting before getting involved in photography, where the nuances of newitude and usedness are extrapolated to the umpteenth degree. as lewis carroll once remarked, such is human perversity. guy