Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since 'espoir' has a (typical French) noble and knightly ring to it (thus masculin), and hope a more practical and concrete Anglosaxon connotation (being feminin), that makes perfectly sense to me. Les hommes ont de l'espoir, women on the other hand, have solid hopes. Not wanting to start a dispute about this though ;-) Philippe Op 4-sep-07, om 22:32 heeft Steve Barbour het volgende geschreven: > > On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:16 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote: > >> Hope usually has a feminine association. > > > oh that's nice! The name was actually made up as we liked its > sound. He/Tikwa is a big masculine dog, but with a very wonderful > sensitive side.... > > He is the bull in the china shop, but he wouldn't knock anything > over....almost, > > > though espoir in French is I believe masculine, funny how that > works... > > :-) > > > Steve > > >> >> s. >> >> >> On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:03 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote: >>> >>>> I kept thinking that it was a variant on tikva. >>>> Which lead me to wonder about the gender of your dog...! >>> >>> >>> I learned the word tikva more recently Slobodan.... >>> >>> >>> what is the connection with gender ? >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>>> >>>> s.d. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 3, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Ric Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> always a charmer >>>>>> >>>>>> where did the name come from, again? >>>>> >>>>> thanks Ric, >>>>> >>>>> we made up the name... 'cus we liked the sound.... >>>>> >>>>> another, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/Steve-Barbour-PAW-2006/ >>>>> tikwa-pool.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> ric >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 2, 2007, at 8:49 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/Steve-Barbour- >>>>>>> PAW-2006/tikwabw.jpg.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> today... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Steve >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >