On Jun 18, 9:43 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 19, 2:51 am, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 18, 2:22 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not a native English speaker, although I think my parents would > > > have liked me to be more straightforward when talking, cause I tend to > > > say things like "possibly", "maybe", "probably", and other ambiguous > > > expressions to the extent that it has frustrated them now and then. > > > Well, at least you *talk* to your parents! Mostly what I get from my > > kids is, "can I borrow 10 dollars?" > > lol, I rarely initiate the talk to my parents unless I have to, they > usually starts talking first which I usually responded with the > ambiguous statements. Well, in fact, I rarely initiate a talk with > anybody, it's my nature to keep myself in the shade until I have to be > in the light. > "'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt." - Samuel Johnson. :-)
> But I never asked for money up straight like that though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
