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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, at 20:59:22 [GMT +0100], Wolfgang Kynast wrote:
WK> Sorry for my weak english: I wanted to qualify *my* question
WK> as dumb. It was a translation from german, word by word, which
WK> gives obviously another meaning in english.
The problem is not that your expression has another meaning in
English, it's that you used a German idiomatic expression that was
somewhat ambiguous when translated. I picked up on your intended
meaning without a second thought, but since there is no standard
interpretation for this expression, multiple meanings are possible.
Since so many list members aren't native English speakers, we
shouldn't be overly sensitive to grammar errors, misspellings or
mangled idioms.
Mike "and that includes my spelling, too, please" Yetto
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