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: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Thu Oct 20 12:41:01 2005

 
 
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...



 





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