Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >