Re: Making pictures

On Sep 26, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> Living as I do in Atlanta, I have only occasional contact with the
> real South,  and even growing up 100 miles souther I was in a military
> town that was therefore similarly cosmopolitan.  Nevertheless, picture
> day at school yielded a lot of talk about having pictures "made".
> There was a definite connotation difference.  Having your picture
> "made" involved professional photographers and dressing up and such;
> having your picture "taken" could just as easily refer to a snapshot.
>   These days I consider the "made" use somewhat quaint, associated
> with mint juleps and verandas and suchlike. :)
I've heard a few people recently talking about "taking a picture"
when they meant *having* their picture taken by someone else.