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Subject: [Leica] OT: Hon, Dear, etc.
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 09:53:37 +0530
References: <51D649A8.50801@threshinc.com>

Maybe unwittingly in an Arbus photograph!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> I have to share this story.  Sorry, I have no pictures, so you'll have to
> take my word for it.  :-)
>
> A few months ago I had to leave a blood sample for my annual physical.  So
> I went to the waiting area and waited my turn. Eventually I hear my name
> called.  I look towards the door to the lab.  Nothing. Again I hear my
> name. And I realize that the voice is coming from a lower angle than
> expected. I look between the two people in front of me and realize that I
> am being addressed by a "little person," a woman probably less than 4 feet
> tall.  "C'mon, Hon," she says, and leads me into the lab.
>
> All through the procedure she addressed me as "Hon."  And, forgive me, I
> kept thinking, "Am I in a Bergman movie, or a 1950s diner?"
>
> She did her job well, was a delightful conversationalist, and I smile
> every time I think about the incident.
>
> --Peter
>
> Barney wrote:
>
>  The person Dr. Ted describes here wouldn't like Baltimore very much where
>> "Hon" is a term used to describe any human being of any age under any
>> circumstances. In Baltimore you do not have a name. It's either Hon,
>> honey,
>> or dear.
>>
>
> And Ric Carter illustrated:
>
>> http://cartersxrd.net/Site/**FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_**HonFest.html<http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_HonFest.html>
>>  <
>> http://cartersxrd.net/Site/**FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_**HonFest.html<http://cartersxrd.net/Site/FirstDraft/Entries/2013/6/9_HonFest.html>
>> >
>>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] OT: Hon, Dear, etc.)