Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Gringo Calligraphy...don't you mean Yang Guizhi Calligraphy???
From: harrison at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary)
Date: Mon Jan 8 05:57:36 2007
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20070106010246.094e8648@192.168.100.42> <6.1.0.6.2.20070106014404.094d3d00@192.168.100.42> <459FAD32.2000304@gmx.de> <6.1.0.6.2.20070107131121.097abb00@192.168.100.42> <45A17611.8090003@mcclary.net> <72568058-68C1-48F8-8C9C-000B445A6A1E@comcast.net> <45A17D6D.2030807@mcclary.net> <DE5CEED7-F8B8-44A3-ACFA-46233D6C7BBB@comcast.net>

LOL....well from what I understand this is not a term that is usually 
used in "mixed" company.  Means something like American white ghost, I 
think.  It is not a polite term and probably is why you never heard it. 

I have jokingly used about myself it at parties and she has told me not 
to...it is not polite.

Leonard Taupier wrote:
> Wow. Got to remember that one.
>
> When I was in china they would call us Megwa. maybe slang.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:
>
>> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>> Harrison,
>>>
>>> Actually he was talking about trying western characters instead of 
>>> Chinese. You're right about the word being Hispanic but I think it's 
>>> used to describe a non-Hispanic.
>> Yeah...and Yang Guizhi is used to describe non Chinese...Americans to 
>> be exact. 
>


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