Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Unsworth wrote: > > I believe it was the word with the '*' in it that caused the problem ;-) > > I can never understand why people do this, we all know what the missing > letter is, someone is going to be just as offended by a '*' as a 'u'. Canon, > Nikon and eBay of other popular '*' words, as I say I just don't get it. I don't as a rule like to see or use an '*' when the original letter will do. I will happily write common swear words - e.g. fuck - if the context seems appropriate (such as within an adult orientated list like the LUG). However, I had a feeling that in this particular instance somebody somewhere (probably outside of the UK or Australia) was going to be offended by my use of the c-word even though I was writing it as a point of information only. So I guess I inserted the '*' as a kind of polite acknowledgement that the word might cause offence. I would imagine that others have the same non-puritanical motivation when writing *bay, n*kon, etc. Ian Watts - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html