Re: [Leica] Lemon Camera

[D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

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>If you were starting a camera store, would you call
>it Lemon Co., Ltd.?  Maybe they heard about my car
>and have me spotted as the ideal customer.
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>G'day Robert,
>
>Lemon Camera are one of the biggest and most professional operations I've
>had the pleasure to deal with. Individual attention and wonderful staff.
>This did not however stop them from selling me a "lemon" R8 18 months ago,
>so in answer to your question, NO, I would not call a camera store Lemon,
>but when I was in New Orleans, I wondered why the old traditional houses
>had baskets of lemons on the tables, and was told that it was a sign of
>wealth and welcoming, so perhaps the humble Lemon has "import" in Japan ---
>I must ask when I'm there in 4 days time ;-)
>
>Cheers
>
>Alastair Firkin

I my part of the woods, the pineapple is an auspicious fruit because its
name in one of the Chinese dialects would mean "Prosperity Comes". However,
nobody would put Pineapple Co as the name of a shop because the
significance of the pineapple in relation to prosperity is in the manner of
speech only.

How did Apple come about in computers?

Dan K.
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