<< > 7. I report that professional printers I have known regard the zone
system as
> being in the province of the anorak.
>
Huh? >>
For the benefit of all non-native English speakers:
An anorak is of course a hooded waterproof garment which has to be pulled on
over the head as it does not open fully down the front. Anoraks are the kind
of people who are almost always seen in such garments and are the kind of
people who spend ages typing into computer terminals and always have the
latest software and are always fiddling with their computers- or in
photography, testing materials and equipment but never actually doing
anything beyond this. They can probably tell you the characteristics of
every current Nikon (or Canon) camera and lens. Closely related to anoraks
are techies, nerds and train-spotters.
There are also suits - accountants and other business people generally. So
far as I know there are not fair-isle sweaters or corduroys. On the female
side one could mention twin-sets who are abundant in deepest Surrey (on the
fringes of which I live) and usually come with pearls. These are in no way
to be confused with Pearlies, a purely Cockney phenomenom.
I hope this makes everything crystal. Perhaps we might agree to a
certain restraint on more idoimatic uses of the language in the list?
Peter Marshall
Fixing Shadows and elsewhere:
http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/cgi-uva/cgiwrap/~ds8s/Niepce/peter-m.cgi