Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Joseph Yao [mailto:joseph@yao.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:35 PM To: Leica User Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian lenses (now aluminxxxx) on 9/5/01 9:20 pm, Sonny Carter at sonc@sonc.com wrote: > I just realized, that's why Brits say Al-u-min-i-um instead > of A-lu-min-um . . . They park an extra i in the word! > Now, if we could get them to spell tire right, maybe we > could understand one another. > > Regards, > SonC What is a tire? It's a round rubber thing invented in some ancient Phoenecian city, and named after it. Oh wait - that would by a Tyre, wouldn't it?