Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/18

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Walt and Me
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Wed Feb 18 21:43:53 2009
References: <36172e5a0902182050w77376f00u7bac23b1cc621f5c@mail.gmail.com>

At 11:50 PM 2/18/2009, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
 >Marc, although Walt presents a gruff exterior, inside he is likely a
 >veritable marshmallow of delicate emotions. I feel certain that he is as
 >mortified as this incident richly deserves. You do realise that very often
 >the mis-spelling of your name is as a result of automated spelling
 >correction within programmes? In the world of word processing, the Marc
 >sub-species is rather more exotic and rare than the common or garden 
 >variety
 >Mark. I fear that you are a victim of your own chosen specialised
 >adaptation. Even should our fingers and brains recall your proper
 >nomenclature, alas we are oft undone by the conspiracy that is
 >auto-correction.

Walt and I have been sparring for years.  I 
suspect that we were sparring before you logged on.  We have a history of 
this.

Marc


msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!



Replies: Reply from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] OT: Walt and Me)
In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) (OT Re: [Leica] Sorry Marc)