Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I pointed out offlist to Colin, whose English is more fluent than my own, I did not accuse him of being a troll. After answering his question to the best of my ability, I said parenthetically that I think the inquiry might be a troll. If I were paying someone to do architectural photography, and he showed up with a IIIf and a collapsible lens, I think ... well, I would be damned upset. It still seems like an attempt to get a rise out of the list, and it sure did. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish In a message dated 10/20/2005 2:08:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bdcolen@comcast.net writes: 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...