Re: Language Question

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 26/10/2011 02:04, Walt Gilbert wrote: In Birmingham (not 'Bama) it's pronounced Kuey Foive. In Kentuckese, it's Kaeeyfaahv -- Walt On 10/23/2011 7:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "K

Re: Language Question

2011-10-26 Thread mike wilson
On 26/10/2011 02:04, Walt Gilbert wrote: In Birmingham (not 'Bama) it's pronounced Kuey Foive. In Kentuckese, it's Kaeeyfaahv -- Walt On 10/23/2011 7:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "K

Re: Language Question

2011-10-25 Thread Walt Gilbert
In Kentuckese, it's Kaeeyfaahv -- Walt On 10/23/2011 7:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "Kay-go" because it's Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est

Re: Language Question

2011-10-25 Thread Margus Männik
In Estonian it's "kaa-viis". "Viis" will be pronounced the similar way as English word "please". BR, Margus On 10/24/2011 03:15, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "Kay-go" because it's Romanji

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/24/2011 02:15, Larry Colen wrote: I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "Kay-go" because it's Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? It is indeed Key-Chamesh in Hebrew, where Ch is pronounced like Kh in Kh

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread DagT
Norwegian: Kå fem :-) DagT Den 24. okt. 2011 kl. 02:15 skrev Larry Colen: > I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English it's > "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "Kay-go" because it's Romanji on it. > In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

RE: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
> > Bob W wrote: > > > Italian: Car Chink Way > > Kappa, not Car. > > Dario I guessed them all! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Fernando
If you want Latinamerican Spanish is more like: ka-sinko as oppposed to Spanish from Spain (closer to what Bob wrote): ka-thinko On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Bob W wrote: >> >> I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages.  In English >> it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing i

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bob W wrote: Italian: Car Chink Way Kappa, not Car. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Turkish: Car (or, Keh) - behsh Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/10/24 Bob W : >> >> I was wondering how "K-5

RE: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
> > I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in other languages. In English > it's "Kay-five". Japanese, I'm guessing is "Kay-go" because it's > Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? > French: Car Sank Spanish: Car Thinko Italian: Car Chink Way Rumanian: Car Chinch Latin: no letter K, may

Re: Language Question

2011-10-23 Thread Dario Bonazza
Sort of "Kappa-chinkue" in Italian, where the final "e" is pronounced like in "met". Ciao, Dario - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:15 AM Subject: Language Question I was wondering how "K-5" is pronounced in othe

Re: Language

2006-06-23 Thread David Mann
On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:44 PM, David Savage wrote: > So all you old fart's watch your language. You'd better watch your own, before the punctuation police come knocking :) - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Language

2006-06-22 Thread Cotty
On 22/6/06, Don Williams, discombobulated, unleashed: >Years ago -- probably in the late 90s -- there was a troll who got badly >on my nerves. He wouldn't let up, so I gave him hell and used very >strong language. Cotty jumped down my throat letting me know that there >were impressionable young

RE: Language

2006-06-22 Thread Trevor Bailey
That's, Cantankerous Old Farts to you, ya young whippersnapper. Hooroo. Regards, Trevor. Grafton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Thursday, 22 June 2006 6:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Languag

Re: Language

2006-06-22 Thread David Savage
At 04:19 PM 22/06/2006, Don Williams wrote: >They will have grown up by now, but have they not been replaced by >others tender in years? > >Don Yes. By me. So all you old fart's watch your language. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-08 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/08 Thu AM 01:14:48 GMT > To: "pentax-discuss@pdml.net" > Subject: Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:55:51 +, mike wilson wrote: &

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:55:51 +, mike wilson wrote: > > "Raindrops on car hoods and whiskers on Maine coons ... " > > What else are among PDML's favourite things? > "Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings" > Bwahahahaha Manual mode and aperture rings ... TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very kind, Frank. Unfortunately I don't think I have enough of either. That's okay. I was just being nice. I didn't really mean it... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread Bob W
Very kind, Frank. Unfortunately I don't think I have enough of either. -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 December 2005 21:56 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, Englan

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then maybe "Meister von Regentropfen auf Mütze" would be better. I think so... -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 02:38:54 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > frank theriault wrote: > > > > >Pretty

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
frank theriault wrote: Pretty. You are the master of "raindrops on hoods/fenders". ;-) "Raindrops on car hoods and whiskers on Maine coons ... " What else are among PDML's favourite things? :D ERNR

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 01:43:36 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On 12/6/05, Mark Ro

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7; >> >totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc. >> >

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7; > >totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc. > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/parts17.htm

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7; >totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/parts17.htm :-P -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.roberts

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh, I know. British racing green, with a yellow band round the nose. > Remember, just a few weeks back, I posted some snaps I took at Portmeirion. > > Personally, if I wanted a '7, the Rotus seems to offer all the fun, > but without the unrel

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:59:39PM +, mike wilson wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > >On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:33:17AM +, mike wilson wrote: > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >>>In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>>S

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Tom C
Rover!... aaahhh. Tom C. From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:55:12 + Tom C wrote: I am not a pleebian, I am a free

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread John Forbes
Perhaps the FAQ needs to mention that PDML members require only an interest in Pentax and a thick hide. Well, I'm thick, and I have a hide. John On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:10:51 -, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread mike wilson
John Francis wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:33:17AM +, mike wilson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simple, really. John === But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation toge

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread mike wilson
Tom C wrote: I am not a pleebian, I am a fr man. And I'm off to work in my Lotus, now. You are Number 6. Tom C. (who won't be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered) Careful, Tom. Carry on like that and you'll wake up one night sucking on a big bubble

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 6, 2005, at 9:32 AM, John Francis wrote: I am not a pleebian, I am a fr man. And I'm off to work in my Lotus, now. The Lotus has made its way onto the shortlist for my next car, but I have to admit that I'm a little wary of buying one when there isn't a dealer closer than 400 mile

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:33:17AM +, mike wilson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Simple, really. > > > >John > >=== > >But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation togeth

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Tom C
I am not a pleebian, I am a fr man. And I'm off to work in my Lotus, now. You are Number 6. Tom C. (who won't be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered)

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-06 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Simple, really. > > John > === > But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation > together. And all they did was laugh at one misspelled word. > > Pleebians.

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread mike wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simple, really. John === But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation together. And all they did was laugh at one misspelled word. Pleebians. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? When I was a teenager, I was plagued with skin erudtions for a couple of years. The acne of your pulchritude, no doubt.

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation together. And all they did was laugh at one misspelled word. Pleebians. I pleeinsanity William Robb

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simple, really. John === But it took a lot of time and effort to put that explanation together. And all they did was laugh at one misspelled word. Pleebians. Marnie aka Doe

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >William Robb wrote: > >> - Original Message - From: "Bob W" >> >>> Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? >> >> When I was a teenager, I was plagued with skin erudtions for a couple of >> years. > >The acne of your pulchritude, no doubt. What zit

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? When I was a teenager, I was plagued with skin erudtions for a couple of years. William Robb The ac

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Tom C
When I was a teenager, I was plagued with skin erudtions for a couple of years. William Robb Most persons' erudition is surpassed by their ignorance. Myself included. Tom C.

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? When I was a teenager, I was plagued with skin erudtions for a couple of years. William Robb

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/12/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? No but I did have some sismic activity when I was 14 :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Bob W
Have you ever had a volcanic erudtion? -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 December 2005 22:54 > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > On 5/12/05, Bob W, disco

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/12/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >Erudtion? I once eruded. Oh how we larfed! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread Bob W
Erudtion? -- Cheers, Bob > -Original Message- > From: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 December 2005 21:37 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > Coming late to this, but as Bob W'

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread frank theriault
On 12/5/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Coming late to this, but as Bob W's normal erudtion seems to have taken a > holiday: Bob may take vacations, but his erudition never does. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-05 Thread John Forbes
, Bob -Original Message- From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2005 19:13 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? On Nov 26, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >> UK is the United Kingdom, which is the

OT: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
Two Irishmen were talking in a pub in the south of Ireland one night. "So, Seamus, where is Fergus these days?" asked one. "Fergus has gone to the United Kingdom," the other responded. "Aye, I hadn't heard. And how is the widow bearing up?" Bob -- Then there was the time Rene Descarte

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 November 2005 19:13 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? > > > On Nov 26, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >> UK i

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 03:28:48PM -, Bob W wrote: > Hi, > > UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the political entity > consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must turn the > UK domain name into 'United Kingdom', however much like Middle Earth that > may seem.

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Bob Shell
On Nov 26, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the political entity consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must turn the Wales? Yes, as in "Prince of" Kids here invariably get it wrong and say Prince of

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/26/2005 11:06:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am not sure GB and UK are interchangeable really; I am led to believe that GB is a subset of UK, lacking NI. But I am an immigrant, not a local. Kostas === Well, this list I have that I have to

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Bob W wrote: UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the political entity consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must turn the Wales? UK domain name into 'United Kingdom', however much like Middle Earth that may seem. Strictly speaking, Engl

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/05, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed: >Two Irishmen were talking in a pub in the south of Ireland one night. >"So, Seamus, where is Fergus these days?" asked one. >"Fergus has gone to the United Kingdom," the other responded. >"Aye, I hadn't heard. And how is the widow bearing up?"

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/26/2005 7:12:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The full title of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Geat Britain and Northern Ireland", thus encompassing the bit of Ireland we still hang onto. Most of us would use the shorthand form "the UK" when referring

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Bob Shell
On Nov 26, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Bob W wrote: UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the political entity consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must turn the UK domain name into 'United Kingdom', however much like Middle Earth that may seem. Two Irishmen were

RE: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread Bob W
Hi, UK is the United Kingdom, which is the name of the political entity consisting of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so you must turn the UK domain name into 'United Kingdom', however much like Middle Earth that may seem. Strictly speaking, England, Scotland and Wales do not exist as cou

Resend: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread jcoyle
Resending as my reply was mixed in with the original message (that's web-mail for you!) Marnie, as I was born in the UK I might be able to help here. Britain is now the British Isles, comprising England, Scotland and Wales, the Isle of Man, and others such as the Scilly Isles and the Channel Islan

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread jcoyle
This is very OT, but it's an international list, so maybe someone can clarify something for me. I've never been sure when one is supposed to use the word England or the word Britain. Let's say I have a list in a software program (I am writing), and it has countries listed by URL. So it has US, CA

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-11-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Which is appropriate, i.e. which fits the list? I mean, I don't think people literally turn that UK into United Kingdom (which I think some USers wouldn't automatically get anyway.) It's got to be clearer than that. And when is Unite