Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, a triple Har!!! English is not my first language, I speak German more often. Of course we can and we want to honour the wishes of the family. I was not born in 1956, so I could not have read the press release when it was released. Voigtländer was a German company, verstehen Sie Deutsch? JM - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infionline.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Voigtländer question > At 12:32 AM 7/29/03 +0200, Jean-Michel Tomaschett wrote: > >Marc, > > > >You're right, it is NEVER spelled with an "h". > > > >And it is NEVER spelled with an "a". > >And it is NEVER spelled with an "ae"- > > > >In its original language, which is German, it is spelled "Voigtländer", or > >"VOIGTLÄNDER". I am shure "Leicha", "Leicae" or "Leicke" do not look very > >familiar to you... > > Har, Har, Har, Jean-Michel > > However, in 1956, on the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the > company, the Voigtländer family issued a press release asking that the name > be spelled, in order of preference: > > Voigtländer > Voigtlander > Voigtlaender > > Can we honor the wishes of the family with the longest commitment to optics > still extant in this world? > > Marc > > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > -- > 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