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From: frag on 10 Jul 2010 06:15 In article <xn0gwgo5ldzvoy9008(a)news.eternal-september.org>, gingerbloke(a)gmail.com says... > > frag wrote: > > > It doesn't matter what sort of lense you have, having VR / IS means > > you can wind down the shutter speed a couple of notches, or leave the > > camera in auto and smile knowing you can get better shots than > > someone with the non VR/IS lense in low light situations. > > <slappity slap> > > THe word is "lens", FFS. NO "e" on the end of it, that's only added > when pluralising. Gah! Bleedin' zimmer gimmers! Gaaah! FFS, why is it almost bloody impossible to "unlearn" things you learned at childhood? I know it's lens. If I read my post I'd realise it. In automatic "typing what I'm thinking" mode I write lense. It's not like I don't want to correct my habit(s). I shall fry my brain immediately sir. (by sitting in the garden wiv beer and burned meat - fancy half a cow, man?> -- frag
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 10 Jul 2010 07:46 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> saying something like: >THe word is "lens", FFS. NO "e" on the end of it, that's only added >when pluralising. Gah! Bleedin' zimmer gimmers! It's become such a commonplace internet misspelling that it's easy for it to slip into the subconcious, much like 'loose', and 'RAW'.
From: SIRPip on 10 Jul 2010 08:58 frag wrote: > In article <xn0gwgo5ldzvoy9008(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > gingerbloke(a)gmail.com says... > > <slappity slap> > > > > THe word is "lens", FFS. NO "e" on the end of it, that's only added > > when pluralising. Gah! Bleedin' zimmer gimmers! > > Gaaah! > > FFS, why is it almost bloody impossible to "unlearn" things you > learned at childhood? > > I know it's lens. If I read my post I'd realise it. In automatic > "typing what I'm thinking" mode I write lense. It's not like I don't > want to correct my habit(s). Yeah, well, I would have let it go but you did it in every post and it was starting to fry my brain. > > I shall fry my brain immediately sir. Sounds fair. > > (by sitting in the garden wiv beer and burned meat - fancy half a > cow, man?> I'm reduced to cowering in the shade and seeking slightly less hot draughts. I don't do heat. Pass the cow, though. -- SIRPip : B12
From: SIRPip on 10 Jul 2010 08:59 Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> > saying something like: > > > THe word is "lens", FFS. NO "e" on the end of it, that's only added > > when pluralising. Gah! Bleedin' zimmer gimmers! > > It's become such a commonplace internet misspelling that it's easy for > it to slip into the subconcious, much like 'loose', and 'RAW'. They can do what they like in other areas, I only try to maintain standards here. One has to be aware of one's limitations. -- SIRPip : B12
From: frag on 10 Jul 2010 09:16
In article <xn0gwgxuoed1vc300h(a)news.eternal-september.org>, gingerbloke(a)gmail.com says... > > They can do what they like in other areas, I only try to maintain > standards here. One has to be aware of one's limitations. <cough> -- frag |