Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 27/8/00 10:20 AM, ray tai at razerx@netvigator.com wrote: > As I understand it, quite a few American/English words in the dictionary > have "foreign" origins. Hi Ray, Indeed - the words 'American', 'English', 'dictionary' and 'foreign' have origins that are far, far away from 'umich' let alone 'Miska'. None but 'umich' is a word that can trace its roots to USA which is I suppose where our linguistic hygienist issues his fatwas. Speaking from, but not for, the Far East Adrian - -- Adrian Bradshaw Corporate and Editorial Photography Beijing, China tel/fax +86 10 6532 5112 mobile +86 139 108 22292 e-mail apbbeijing@yahoo.com OR adrianpeterbradshaw@compuserve.com website: http://www.apbphoto.com Please note my new mobile number (as of August 1st) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com