[Leica] persuasion

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

To Mr Small's point, the OED (2005 Draft Revision) 4.c's definition,
and sample usage suggest condescension or perhaps xenophobia (note
"Pharisee persuasion" "Caledonian persuasion") "Tooth-brush
persuasion" escapes me, however.

In the present instance, it is improbable any disresepect was intended.


     4.c. colloq. and humorous. A group or collection linked by a shared
  characteristic, quality, or attribute. Esp. in early use in "of the
  _______ persuasion": of a (specified) nationality, occupation,
  inclination, etc.

  1855 Harper's Mag. July 227/1 You may tell your Aunt Mastodon so, and
  all your other relatives of the Pharisee persuasion. 1861 G. H. LEWES
  Let. 2 July in 'G. Eliot' Lett. (1954) III. 434 It is notorious that 
Aytoun's
  greatest poet was Homer--not I believe a gentleman of the Caledonian
  persuasion. 1885 F. ANSTEY Tinted Venus vii. 78 She said she thought
  it was..a gentleman in the hair-cutting persuasion. 1902 R. HICHENS 
  Londoners 33 A sinister moustache of the tooth-brush
  persuasion. 1969 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 94 241 Gloire de Dijon over
  a century old, is also of the tea rose persuasion. 1995 Vogue
  Dec. 27/3  They're from a mixed marriage and get
  to see every ethnic, sexual and political persuasion here.


-rei

On Mar14 20:19, Gary Todoroff wrote:
> Does this make the old movie "Friendly Persuasion" suspect, too? Good 
> grief,
> Marc, I've never in a long and unsheltered life heard the term persuasion
> given such a bad rap.
> 
> Somebody pressed a button on you that no one else knew existed. Poor BD
> stepped on a land mine in a field that wasn't even marked but was certainly
> "Marc'ed!"
> 
> I am certainly now of the persuasion to walk on pins and needles anywhere
> semantically near you, Marc, that's for sure!
> 
> Gary T
> 
> > -----Original from Marc
> >
> > BD
> >
> > Gimme a break.  You used a phrase that is a LARGE ALARM BELL for racism,
> > sexism, religious intolerance, and I called you on it.


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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey