In a message dated 5/28/01 9:14:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mickeytr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I thought I had learned in grade school that diphthongs are consonant pairs
> that produce a sound different from their individual pronounciations (ph,
> gh, th...
Think I learned it that way, too, Mickey, but I was pretty busy looking at my
soon-to-be girlfriend about that time, so I could be remembering it wrong.
Not only is history being constantly re-written for the politically correct,
but the language continues to grow, evolve, and the useage change. I try not
to be too "prissy" about it. I constantly think of Sir Winston Churchill's
reply, when told it was incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition: "That
is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put!"
OM content:
Heck, I'm even thinking of picking up an OM-2000. I rather like the look and
feel of it, regardless of who builds it. Not prissy here. Dump that
"plast-icky" 35 - 70 and plug on the 35 - 70/3.5 - 4.5 and the other Zuikos,
heh, heh... SR44 batteries, 1/125th flash sync, built-in flash shoe, 1/2000
shutter speed, spot and center-weighted metering. Good price. Why be prissy
about this camera? It looks like a sleeper to me!
Rich
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