[Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not!

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I thought you had some holiday once a year when you eat something resembling
our pancakes and the point is they don't taste so good. Like your supposed
to suffer?

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Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:35:49 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not!
> 
> Much more complicated than that!
Here in England "pancakes" are thin, usually
> served flat sprinkled with lemon and sugar. Crepes are the similar but 
> thinner
> French version. In France there are lots of Creperies and they are served 
> in a
> multitude of ways, with both savoury and sweet fillings, pretty well always
> folded over so the filling is "internal". Nobody in England would call a
> pancake a crepe unless they were being pretentious.
There is no real
> equivalent in England of what Americans call pancakes, though those who 
> will
> have travelled to the USA may well have tried and enjoyed them, as I have,
> hence know what an American is talking about if he says "pancake".
The nearest
> equivalent to American-style pancakes in the UK would be Scotch pancakes, 
> or
> drop scones. Being married to a Scot I am -very- familiar with them, and 
> make
> them myself! They are much smaller than the American-style pancakes I have
> come across, 3" to 4" diameter, but similar in thickness and texture to 
> their
> american cousin. Scotch pancakes are normally served buttered with Golden
> Syrup or jam.
Few, if any, people in England would refer to Scotch pancakes as
> simply pancakes, since in England a pancake is much larger in diameter and
> much thinner.