Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:58 PM 6/10/97 +0000, Jon Mitchell shrieked: >WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TERM "SCREW MOUNT" WHAT KIND OF SICK, >PERVERTED, SAVAGE, TWISTED AND DOWNRIGHT DERANGED POLITICALLY CORRECT >LOONY CAME UP WITH "THREAD MOUNT"????? I LIKE TO "SCREW" LENSES INTO >MY LEICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually, 'thread-mount' is the original English-language translation of the German 'schraube', as in 'schraubeleica'. "Screw-mount" is a much later intrusion. Why adopt a new word, when a perfectly good older one exists? Marc Marc James Small Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! FAX: +540/343-7315