nt: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..
> Battery's excellent! Though I still quite like my 'bracket'..
> :-)
> Ryan
>
> The only problem with bracket is that you would end up wi
Battery's excellent! Though I still quite like my 'bracket'..
:-)
Ryan
The only problem with bracket is that you would end up with some
photographers overexposed, and I have seen few photographers that I would
like to see that way. ;)
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the wa
Battery's excellent! Though I still quite like my 'bracket'..
:-)
Ryan
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From: "zoomshot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:17 AM
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ROFLMAO!!!
tan.
> For those who can't afford the istD
>a cache of photographers
>
> For those who can afford the istD
>a cash of photographers
>
> For those who work with tv
>a crash of photographers
>
>
hehe, I like the whiff one Bob!
tan.
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From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:12 AM
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> Hi,
>
> Cotty wrote:
>
> >I quite like:
>
> >a bokeh of photographers.
>
> that's good but a lot of people wouldn't know the pronunciation. How does a
> lens of photographers sound?
Well, it *sounds* OK, but somebody will want to spell it "lense".
For those who can't afford the istD
a cache of photographers
For those who can afford the istD
a cash of photographers
For those who work with tv
a crash of photographers
Or even a battery.
Ziggy
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From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 January 2004 17:13
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Hi,
> I quite like:
> a bokeh of photographers.
I&#x
Hi,
> I quite like:
> a bokeh of photographers.
I'm sure the correct expression is a sweat of photographers. Or
perhaps a whiff.
--
Cheers,
Bob
On 6/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>>I quite like:
>
>>a bokeh of photographers.
>
>that's good but a lot of people wouldn't know the pronunciation. How does a
>lens of photographers sound?
>
>Tom Reese
True.
A stop?
A sync?
An aperture?
I like focus.
Or a meter?
:-)
Cheers,
Cotty
Cotty wrote:
>I quite like:
>a bokeh of photographers.
that's good but a lot of people wouldn't know the pronunciation. How does a
lens of photographers sound?
Tom Reese
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Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:51 PM
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> On 5/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
> >Hmm a press of photographers.. My own mental links associate 'press' with
> >reporters (n
On 5/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>Hmm a press of photographers.. My own mental links associate 'press' with
>reporters (non-photographically inclined) as well.
I quite like:
a bokeh of photographers.
Cheers,
Cotty
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Ryan Lee wrote:
PS. You lost me on the France thing.. what happened?
There was a fatal car accident during an attempt to es
uary 06, 2004 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..
> Ryan Lee wrote:
> > PS. You lost me on the France thing.. what happened?
>
> There was a fatal car accident during an attempt to escape from a
> stampede of pursuing photogra
Ryan Lee wrote:
PS. You lost me on the France thing.. what happened?
There was a fatal car accident during an attempt to escape from a
stampede of pursuing photographers... I'm sure you heard about it at the
time. :-)
S
have to be a reasonably specific type of photog (not my
favourite type at that..) wouldn't it?
Regards,
Ryan
PS. You lost me on the France thing.. what happened?
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> In Australia, an "eiderdown" IS a blanket that is stuffed with said
filling.
> And in the typical, Australian way, we have shortened it to be "doona"...
a
> word that I always thought was funny for some reason! ;-)
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> Eiderduck is a kind of duck. :-)
> Traditionally, supplier of the softest filling you can get for your
pillo
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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 1:29 AM
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> Do they enga
rican relatives too, I think...
Jostein
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Pictures at: http://oksne.net
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ot;. Wouldn't
> have thought of it in a million years! 2 more entries in my bookmarks.. Btw,
> Tom- "a plague of photographers" alliterative and apt!
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan
>
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> Hmm Ern, isn't an eider a type of duck? I just went to check and the one I
> was looking for was 'a flush of ducks'. It's more fascinating then I thought
> it'd be- I did a Yahoo search on "collective noun" and ducks
> and got
> http://www.nzbirds.com/Collective.html
> &
> http://www.sentex.net/~
Wouldn't
have thought of it in a million years! 2 more entries in my bookmarks.. Btw,
Tom- "a plague of photographers" alliterative and apt!
Cheers,
Ryan
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> From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > I've had violent ducks believe
> - Original Message -
> From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out.
> I
> > think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's
> > not flock is it..
>
> Quackpack?
>
> Jostein
>
Eider.
e liken it to "hawnk hawnk hawnk hawnk HAWNK hawnk".
Pantheon.. nah too snobby. Murder works too.. even if it's a bit ominous..
:-)
Ryan
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graywolf said:
" So, they are geese? How about a pantheon of photographers (are they gods)?
No, I
> got it a murder (crows) of paparazzi. "
DEFINITELY a pantheon of photographers, but only if it allows for godESSES
too! lol
tan.
On 4/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>So, they are geese? How about a pantheon of photographers (are they
>gods)? No, I
>got it a murder (crows) of paparazzi.
Where I work, it's a focus of cameramen, a whinge of reporters, an
assembly of editors, and the collective noun for soundmen is not
r
On Jan 4, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Needs to be more photo-oriented - hmmm "a pose of
photographers?"
How about a bunch of poor people?
Speaking of language and typos, I wrote a message about panning last
night while I was falling asleep. I kept nodding off after every few
words,
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From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I've had violent ducks believe my fingers held bread when it long ran out.
I
> think I get the picture :-) But hmm.. I forgot what it is for ducks- it's
> not flock is it..
Quackpack?
Jostein
Tom Reese wrote:
>
> Ryan Lee wrote:
>
> >Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't
> heard
> >in a while: "gaggle of photographers". Gotta prefer it to mob or hoarde or
> >swarm..
>
> that isn't very alliterative though. How about phalanx of photogs or flock
> of ph
s.
No no! Gaggle!
Cheers,
Ryan
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From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..
> Ryan Lee wrote:
Ryan Lee wrote:
>Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't
heard
>in a while: "gaggle of photographers". Gotta prefer it to mob or hoarde or
>swarm..
that isn't very alliterative though. How about phalanx of photogs or flock
of photographers?
Tom Reese
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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:25 PM
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> Good call. . . If you've ever been where a gaggle of geese figured you
> as a terratorial interlo
Good call. . . If you've ever been where a gaggle of geese figured you
as a terratorial interloper, and tried to crowd you off their space, the
analogy works.
keith whaley
Ryan Lee wrote:
>
> Had the cricket on as background noise and I heard something I haven't heard
> in a while: "gaggle of
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