Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Corvair
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Thu Mar 29 10:54:42 2007
 
"Two different ords"? What's an ord? If you're going to criticise someone
about their use of language, make sure you make no mistakes yourself.

Steve


On 29/3/07 06:02, "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote:

> At 10:57 PM 3/28/2007, Henning Wulff wrote:
> 
>> My knowledge of Corvairs, VWs, Tatras, Skodas and
>> Porsches comes from personal experience.
>> Unfortunately, so does my knowledge of Triumph
>> Heralds. The quote is a separate issue.
> 
> A barbarism, sir.  You should have stated that,
> "[T]he quotation is a separate issue."  Quote and
> Quotation are two different ords and ought to be used properly.  Shame on 
> you!
Replies: Reply from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)
 In reply to: Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Re: Corvair)