On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> wrote:

> Addressing just point (3), please leave out the term "dare" here.  There's
> no need to escalate this to the realm of an ad hominem.

Peter is Romanian and I am sure he does not intend the term to be ad
hominem.  Idioms can make idiots of anyone.  I remember when Coke
tried to translate "Coke adds life!" to Chinese.  Of course, the
Chinese were offended when they read it as "Coke brings your ancestors
back from the dead!"

T

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