As a master of convoluted phraseology, at times, I must say it gave me a 
headache.

At 04:32 AM 9/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow! I just got back from the site Rob mentioned, and the language is 
>incredible!
>I'll bet he's worn out his Japanese-English dictionary as well as the 
>thesaurus!
>Interesting exercise in reading for content!  ;^)
>
>keith whaley
>
>Shaun Canning wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm, I wonder if that is the 'newish' language best described as 
> 'Jingrish'
> > we all seem to have heard of... I seem to see a lot of this in instruction
> > manuals for computer components as well. Particularly when there is some
> > confusion as to which plug should go where!
> >
> > Shaun Canning
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2002 6:17 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: SMC Pentax K-Mount Short Telephoto Lens Poll
> >
> > On 24 Sep 2002 at 2:05, Fred wrote:
> >
> > > The A* 85/1.4 is indeed a truly exceptional lens.  (It was #1 in my
> > > choices for this poll, followed by the FA* 85/1.4 and the A 100/2.8
> > > Macro.)  As for the size, I have never had any subject mention
> > > anything about it (although, I admit, that doesn't mean that they
> > > might not have been thinking about it - <g>).  And, it is smaller
> > > than is the FA* 85/1.4, even if the glass size is the same.
> >
> > I do think that the best description of the A* 85/1.4 is to be found at the
> > URL below, and I quote:
> >
> > "The lens that the description when it is squeezed with the soft 
> senility of
> > the release neighborhood and which was done firmly is a charm."
> >
> > http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Icho/2313/english/lx.html
> >
> > I guess this Pentax enthusiast really likes it too? :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Rob Studdert

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