Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Talking turkey
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Apr 21 01:18:42 2006
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Thank you all for your generous feedback.
Philippe



Op 21-apr-06, om 03:19 heeft Jayanand Govindaraj het volgende  
geschreven:

> Yes, and used once in a while in the erstwhile empire....
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> I'm working on an ad concept (in English) in which we are  
>> visualising  proverbs.
>> Now I stumbled upon the expression 'Talking turkey.' and I thought  
>> it  would be a funny one to visualize.
>>
>> But now I'm told (by not necesseraly native English or American   
>> speakers) that it is a very little known proverb, only American  
>> and  only used in a familiar way.
>> I'm just wondering if this proverb is recognized by most of you  
>> who  are using Shakespeare's or one of the American Rationalists'  
>> language.
>>
>> Looking forward to your answers.
>> Philippe
>>
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In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] OT: Talking turkey)
Message from jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: Talking turkey)