Re: FSF Emacs 20.x [was Re: tlug: Intimidation? [was: Office suite for use under Linux]

[Frank Bennett <bennett@example.com>]

> Another thing to add to your knowledge:
> 
> In Japanese, the word "(Naiibu)Naive" means something like sensitive while
> in English the same word means something like clueless.
> It means good because it is imported from abroad.
> So don't take it bad when addressed to you,  of course by a Japanese.
> Because it is a compliment.

I am reminded of a sketch by the English comedy group Monty
Python, which will be known to some members of the group.  A
foreign man (played by John Cleese) goes into a bakery to order
some pasteries.  He opens his traveller's dictionary and begins
reading off the phrases which, from the English subtitles, are
obviously meant to mean something like "Good morning, I would
like two donuts, please.  Please add some coffee to that order.
Can you break a ten pound note?"  But the translations provided
by his dictionary for these phrases run something like: "I see
that your mother must have been either very ugly or extremely
unlucky.  Please lick my armpit.  Can I have your sister,
please?"

If and when anyone does call me "(Naiibu)" I will be very careful
not to take offense.

Cheers,
-- 
Frank G Bennett, Jr         @@
Faculty of Law, Nagoya Univ () email: bennett@example.com
Tel: +81[(0)52]789-2239     () WWW:   http://rumple.soas.ac.uk/~bennett/
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