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From: "Christopher Nelson" <paradox AT gye DOT satnet DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Hello World and File size
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:29:03 -0600
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>> No, silly.
>
>Thanks a lot!  Whatever I said to trigger this response, I apologize,
>but I don't think I have any reasons to continue this discussion after
>such an offense.



Eli, eli.  You need to speak English a little better.  What's your native
language?  If it's spanish please consider this:

Cuando una persona se dice "silly" en inglais, no estan refiriendo
precisamente a la palabra "tonto" ni a "bobo".  La palabra se refiere en una
manera apacible a alguien quien es equivocado sobre las intenciones de algo.
No es un insulto.

If it's on of the Cyrillic languages I'll try to find the write word, but
I'm still learning them, so I don't transliterate very well.  In any case,
the point is that "silly" is not a grave insult.  It does not mean "stupid"
or "foolish" as such.  It's a much milder word.  I apologize for offending
you, but you said something that was a little unreasonable from any
standpoint, thus the phrase, "No, silly."  It was not a reflection upon your
intelligence.  :-)

    -={C}=-

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