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Subject: [Leica] Re: Advice needed: Buying Leica IIIf and 50mm lens
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Oct 20 13:05:30 2005

Having also exchanged off-list messages with him, I think it was a genuine,
if na?ve, inquiry. :-)


On 10/20/05 3:40 PM, "SonC@aol.com" <SonC@aol.com> wrote:

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> As I pointed out offlist to Colin, whose English is more fluent than my  
> own,
> I did not accuse him of being a troll.  After answering his question  to 
> the
> best of my ability, I said parenthetically that I think the  inquiry might 
> be
> a troll.
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> If I were paying someone to do architectural photography, and he  showed up
> with a IIIf and a collapsible lens, I think ... well, I would be  damned
> upset. 
>    It still seems like an attempt to get a rise out  of the list, and it 
> sure
> did.
>  
> Regards, 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches,  Louisiana
> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
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> In a message dated 10/20/2005 2:08:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> bdcolen@comcast.net writes:
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> Emilio -  To call someone a troll on this list is indeed an insult. ;-)
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> On  10/20/05 2:42 PM, "Emilio Perea" <eperea@walkereng.com>  wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:11:08AM -0700, Colin J  wrote:
>>> I have taken on board all the very helpful
>>>  comments, including the one accusing me of being
>>> a troll! (English  is not my first language so I
>>> may have created some  misunderstandings without
>>> intention).  
>> 
>>  Since English is not your first language, it might not be out of place
>>  to mention that "troll" in this context does not refer to mythical
>>  creatures, but to fishing.  To be called a troll is rarely a  compliment,
>> but neither is it an insult.  The sense is that you  put out some bait to
>> see what it catches.  For fun rather than  because you have a serious
>> question.
>> 
>> I interpreted  the comment to mean that after he answered the question,
>> he wondered  whether he had wasted his time or not.  I'm pretty sure it
>> was  not meant to be offensive.
>> 
>> A new user asking about Mac  software in a Windows mailing list (or Linux
>> in a BSD mailing list)  would probably be thought an offensive (or
>> incredibly ignorant) troll  by most members.  A new user asking about the
>> superiority of  Planar over Xenotar lenses in a Rollei list would
>> probably be called a  troll, but it would not be thought offensive unless
>> he were the third  one asking the same thing today.
>> 
>> I mention this because  English is not my first language either...
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