Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] you go nan
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:28:00 -0700
References: <00ff01c332a6$384e2070$0316fea9@ccasony01>

BD

I never implied that you cannot spell.  I usually am very sensitive to
the nuances of the English language.  Before I majored in English, I
went to high school with your fellow Pulitzer Prize winner, Bill Safire.
In fact his mother was my Junior High School English teacher!

Jerry

bdcolen wrote:

> I don't mean that she is windy; I mean that she is gutsy. I use spell
> check but sometimes accidentally tell it to ignore something, as there
> are so many terms and names it has to ignore. (Hey, I have NEVER said I
> can spell. EVER. Never have, never will. Let's see if gustiness gets
> through Spellcheck this time. ;-)
>
> YUP! Just ran Spellcheck, Jerry, and it flew right past gustiness. So go
> complain to Bill Gates, not to me. :-)
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry
> Lehrer
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:48 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] you go nan
>
> BD
>
> By "gustiness" do you mean that she is windy, or do you not
> use Spellcheck?
>
> Jerry
>
> bdcolen wrote:
>
> > I'm going to agree - with both of you. I don't like her work; don't
> > think much of it as photography. But I do admire her gustiness and her
>
> > story telling - I'll just let someone else 'read' the stories. :-)
> >
> > B. D.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Johnny
> > Deadman
> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:05 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] you go nan
> >
> > Funny, isn't it? I've always disliked her work intensely. Ever since
> > the Ballad of SD. I don't know why really. I just never found the
> > photographs of her friends and their dramas that moving I guess. Many
> > of them remind of parties that I went to and left early, or didn't,
> > and regretted not having done so.
> >
> > On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 09:46  AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> >
> > > thanks for pointing out the nan golden interview:
> > >
> > > http://fototapeta.art.pl/2003/ngie.php
> > >
> > > makes me want to drag my leica out of the closet.... nan golden's
> > > always been what photography's about for me -- she's not really a
> > > photographer, or
> > > at least, she's not a technical virtuoso, she's someone with a story
> > > to tell
> > > for whom photography has become a vehicle. i don't always like her
> > > pictures
> > > and and am occasionally repulsed by her subjects but i applaud her
> > > storytelling.
> > >
> > > she's always been a great leica ad for me too.
> > >
> > > now where is that m6 of mine?
> > >
> > > kc...
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> > >
> > --
> > John Brownlow
> >
> > pictures:
> > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
> >
> > warblog:
> > http://www.unintended-consequences.com
> >
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