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#132495 - 09/01/04 08:17 PM photomicrograph
johnjohn member Registered: 07/05/00 Posts: 167 Loc: Australia	...or microphotograph? Is one a photo from a microscope image and the other a very small photograph? What does the team think? jj
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#132496 - 09/01/04 08:38 PM Re: photomicrograph
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	yes. I think you've got it right. that's how I would interpret it, anyway... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#132497 - 09/01/04 11:07 PM Re: photomicrograph
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	My brainy former brother-in-law, who knows about things scientific, says that a photomicrograph is always taken through (or with the aid of) a microscope.
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#132498 - 09/02/04 01:04 AM Re: photomicrograph
wsieber old hand Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 1010 Loc: Switzerland	former brother-in-law - come to think of it, despite its length, this expression is under-determined, and in view of nowaday's widespread "patchwork families", language has some catching-up to do.
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#132499 - 09/02/04 01:36 AM Re: photomicrograph
Shellb stranger Registered: 08/11/04 Posts: 19 Loc: NSW Australia	I would assume that a microphotograph would be a very small photo and a photomicrograph would be taken through a microscope. But then again i'm no scientist (and that's probably a good thing)
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#132500 - 09/02/04 06:03 AM Re: former brother-in-law
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13654	this expression is under-determined Meaning that who was once a brother-in-law could now be a sister-in-law?
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#132501 - 09/02/04 04:07 PM Re: photomicrograph
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	And, Shelb, if a microphotograph is a very small photo and a photomicrograph is taken through a microscope, then a microphotophotomicrograph would be a very small photograph taken through a microscope! :) :)
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#132502 - 09/02/04 04:19 PM Re: catching up with families
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	> and in view of nowaday's widespread "patchwork families", language has some catching-up to do Recently, I was disappointed to learn that Hindi is going the other way. Despite having different words for aunt and uncle, to distinguish between biological and marriage-related versions, all the Hindi speakers I associate with simply use "aunt" and "uncle". _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#132503 - 09/03/04 12:30 AM Re: former brother-in-law
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	H marries W1. W1 had a brother B1. B1 becomes H's brother in law. W1 dies. H marries W2. W2 has a brother B2 who is now entitled to be called brother in law. In some sense B1, is still a brother in law but not in the same sense that B2 is. Hence, "former brother in law". Any better way to say it?
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#132504 - 09/03/04 01:37 AM Re: former brother-in-law
wsieber old hand Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 1010 Loc: Switzerland	Any better way to say it? No, this is just what I was "deploring"... but as long as no divorces are involved, things are relatively simple.
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