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Subject: [OM] Re: Protective Filters
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:25:22 +0000
Ack!  I knew that; just learned it a few weeks ago.  I am able to sort of keep 
up with the current slang by talking to and interrogating my grandkids 
occasionally.  But I didn't think of it when I wrote my response.  Way more 
better in terms of the lens/filter context.

Walt, hanging out at home and going commando almost any way you want to define 
it

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Garth <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Walt's excellent definitions aside, it's also a slang term in North 
> American English used by people to speak of someone who wears pants 
> and/or skirts without underwear or other "protection."  Like the young 
> lady I saw walking down the street about a week ago.  ;-)
> 
> "Going commando" in the context of your lens would mean "without filter 
> coverage."  Slang terms always seem to cause the most problems on this 
> List -- I for one keep forgetting that the audience is global, even if 
> they all read/write "standard" English well.
> 
> 
> Garth
> 
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