"Florescent" is a word, but it's a completely different word from "fluorescent". It's related to "flourish", not "fluorite". (Firefox is not marking any words in this paragraph as misspelled.)

And, yes, "English" and "French" should be capitalized when referring to the countries and/or languages. For counter-example, there is a verb "to french" that refers to trimming into thin strips in a culinary context, thus the "french fry". (Notably, Firefox wants me to capitalize those instances.)

Peachy. Thanks again for being our resident spelling/grammar consultant!

We have no need for Bitt now that the StackExchange empire is on on the act http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/381/when-should-the-word-english-be-capitalized

If you are writing in English (which, of course, we are) then yes. Pero, si estamos escribiendo en español, nosotros escribimos "inglés", o "español", o "francés", sin capitalización si se refiere a la lengua.

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Okay. So should North be north, or should east be East ?

Inquiring minds want to know!

If it's used as a proper noun or as an adjective directly related to that proper noun, then it should be capitalized.

"I wish all those yankees from the North would go back home." vs. "I wish all those yankees would head back north."

I really hate to jump to his defense, since he does often come across as a pompous know-it-all, but I didn't find it confusing.

You can be well-versed and knowledgeable about sex, without being a hooker or sexologist.

Without speaking for Cris, I suspect the problem may have started when you asked if he shoots weddings in a studio. The implication from my perspective was that you thought he's "only" a wedding photographer with no studio experience, and doesn't really know what he's talking about with regards to a studio, i.e. you were calling into question his experience. If that's how I interpreted it as a non-involved 3rd-party, I can only imagine how much more magnified the (unintended) insult might have come across to Cris. That's why you got a studio picture posted in response.

Thank you, at least someone gets it.

Cheers

Cris.

Yea, but it helps right ??? Would you take sex advice from a hooker or a dried up old hag who sits at home with her cats and virginity intact? Not that I'm calling Bruno a hooker of course

Cheers

Cris.

... ultimately, this forum is always amazingly pleasant to be part of. Even when people argue and call each other a "prick", they do so using properly conceived arguments and witouth preventing a lot of interesting and technically informative facts to be shared at the same time.
As a DSLR (and possibly photography altogether) novice, I am impressed by Chris' work examples - which well illustrate two concepts discussed in this thread: professional studio lighting and pretty girls in small windowless rooms -, I keep learning a lot about studio lighting and professional equipment, and also about spelling differences between British and American English. Amazing, isn't it?

Well, there's a pretty broad spectrum between the two.

I think there's a band name in there, somewhere... Hookers and Hags.

Okay, that post definitely wins as "most amusing post thus far in this thread!"

One of the things I like about the empegbbs is that we never seem to descend into Godwin's Law. This thread seems to be inching ever closer.