Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Tue Jun 7 12:03:16 2005

 A long time ago, at the Jesuits, we had a priest using the verb "to cheer"
when he wanted to discuss bed issues.


> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:30:47 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography
> 
> Well, sleeping together is not quite as off the mark as 'passed away.' But
> both are reflective of the two great American taboo subjects - sex and
> death. We don't fuck. We don't die. We sleep and pass.
> 
> But back to sleeping together. Many folks do slumber after, uh, doing it.
> And some even sleep the night away. ;-)
> 
> 
> On 6/7/05 11:51 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> One of my favorite euphemisms to hate has to do with dieing.
>> A euphemized euthanization.
>> Or a euthanized euphemization..
>> 
>> The way people say "passed away" instead of "died".
>> 
>> I always say "you mean they died"?
>> Or "did they have a valid passport"?
>> Did they go to Canada or Mexico?
>> 
>> But worse is when they say "they slept together"
>> When what they mean is the very much direct opposite! :)
>> 
>> That's the king of euthanized euphemisms!
>> 
>> To die, to sleep - ... ay there's the rub, (!)
>> 
>> Mark Rabiner
>> Photography
>> Portland Oregon
>> http://rabinergroup.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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