Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Advice needed: Buying Leica IIIf and 50mm lens
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Oct 20 12:06:53 2005

Emilio - To call someone a troll on this list is indeed an insult. ;-)


On 10/20/05 2:42 PM, "Emilio Perea" <eperea@walkereng.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:11:08AM -0700, Colin J wrote:
>> I have taken on board all the very helpful
>> comments, including the one accusing me of being
>> a troll! (English is not my first language so I
>> may have created some misunderstandings without
>> intention).  
> 
> Since English is not your first language, it might not be out of place
> to mention that "troll" in this context does not refer to mythical
> creatures, but to fishing.  To be called a troll is rarely a compliment,
> but neither is it an insult.  The sense is that you put out some bait to
> see what it catches.  For fun rather than because you have a serious
> question.
> 
> I interpreted the comment to mean that after he answered the question,
> he wondered whether he had wasted his time or not.  I'm pretty sure it
> was not meant to be offensive.
> 
> A new user asking about Mac software in a Windows mailing list (or Linux
> in a BSD mailing list) would probably be thought an offensive (or
> incredibly ignorant) troll by most members.  A new user asking about the
> superiority of Planar over Xenotar lenses in a Rollei list would
> probably be called a troll, but it would not be thought offensive unless
> he were the third one asking the same thing today.
> 
> I mention this because English is not my first language either...
> 
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In reply to: Message from eperea at walkereng.com (Emilio Perea) ([Leica] Re: Advice needed: Buying Leica IIIf and 50mm lens)