Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:44 AM 10/17/97 -0800, you wrote: >Eric Welch wrote: > >> Speaking of mobs, if it's a herd of cattle, or a gaggle of geese, what do >> you call a group of photographers? >>=20 >> A complaint. > >Eric, > >My suggestion some time ago was a "penury of Leica photographers." But >how about a squabble of LUGnuts? > >Donal Philby Just so those of you, like me, who didn't know what "penury" meant, I looked it up in Webster... Main Entry: pen=B7u=B7ry Pronunciation: 'pen-y&-rE Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin penuria, paenuria want; perhaps akin to Latin paene almost Date: 14th century 1 : a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); especially : severe poverty 2 : extreme and often niggardly frugality synonym see POVERTY=20 Thanks Donal, both were right on! Jim