Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lea Can I presume that you do nor read any modern novels, or listen to the words used on cable television? Jerry Christer Almqvist wrote: > Hello Lea, > > >My guess is that you are not a woman, Chris. > > That is correct. > > >If you were, I'm sure you'd find that word offensive. > > I am not sure. It is new to me that words per se are gender specific offensive. > > Anyhow, that reminds me of the woman we had (for 15 years!) to look > after the children. When she was new in the job, she was at a loss > how to describe that part of my newly born son's body which you would > not like me to mention, so she used some very strange, upper class > sounding word for it. When my wife heard this she asked her to use > the proper medical term or any applicable common language word she > liked. But would she please not use funny words trying to imply some > sort of high moral stance. That would be hypocricy (spelling?) > > So it seems different people find different words offensive. But not > gender specific. > > Reminds me of a few other stories as well, but I'll leave them out > for the benefit of those who have no delete button. > > >And yes, it was the * word that made it so. > > > >I'm all for learning new words...but offensive, trashy words and > >definitions can be learned via private email. > > Are there words that are, in your opinion, unoffensive and not trashy > alternatives to the *word? > > Best regards, > Chris > > who finds much of what is going on in the world offensive, but words > on their own not. > > >Lea > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Christer Almqvist" <chris@almqvist.net> > >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 4:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Weird One Found on Leica Photo Net > > > > > >> English not being my mother tongue, I found these explanations to be > >> very interesting, and I appreciated reading them as they are > >> difficult to find in general dictionaries. > >> > >> But offensive, no. > >> > >> Off topic? Thank God for off topic. Makes the LUG what it is. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >It would be hard to be more offensive or more off-topic than this. > >> > > >> >Move it to private email or clean it up, please. > >> > > >> >Lea > >> > > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Ian Watts" <watts@firebomb.com> > >> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >> >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:45 AM > >> >Subject: [Leica] Weird One Found on Leica Photo Net > >> > > >> > > >> >> >> By 'berk' I understand you meant 'jerk'. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> No, berk is generally understood to be a contraction of 'Berkshire > >> >Hunt' - > >> >> cockney rhyming slang for c*nt. > >> >> > >> >> Ian Watts > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> To unsubscribe, see > >> >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> >-- > >> >To unsubscribe, see > >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Christer Almqvist > >> D 20255 Hamburg and / or > >> F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > >> > >> please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: > >http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > >> > >> old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Christer Almqvist > D 20255 Hamburg and / or > F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html