Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Snap. Spooky parallel posts from Greg and Hoppy ;-) Greg, a common contraction of the name "Gregory" Hoppy, see previous first use Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! Previously interpreted from the Gaelic for me by Marc as There is no man's death without another man's gain. Fear sam bith a loisgeas a mh?s, ?s e fh?in a dh?fheumas suidhe air. Whoever burns his backside must himself sit upon it Chan i bh? ?s ?irde geum as m? bainne. The loudest cow is not the best milker. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG LORENZO Sent: Friday, 24 November 2006 08:45 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanksgiving 2006 Marc James Small writes in part: > At 03:15 PM 11/23/2006, R S wrote: > >The International Zone is normally referred to as 'IZ' . > >You'll find a lot of journalists hanging out there and they tend > to refer tothe IZ as the GZ (or 'Green Zone'). > >Odds are the food was provided by KBR. > > Avoid ALL acronyms, abbreviations, and > initialisms unless you spell them out at first > use, as in "the International Zone in Baghdad > (hence, "IZ")" or "the Green Zone in Baghdad > (hence, "GZ")" or "KBR (formerly a Halliburton > subsidiary originally known as Kellogg, Root, and Brown (?))" or > the like. > > The problem with using abbreviations is that they > speak only to a few of those receiving the > message. Clarity in communications is > everything. Abbreviations impede clarity by > restricting the exchange of information to "those in the know". > > > Clarity, clarity, clarity. > > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! Along these lines, what the hell does "Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!" actually mean? For a hamburger I will gladly pay you Tuesday? Exit stage right? Yabadabadoo? Greg J. Lorenzo Calgary, Alberta _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information