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Re: Talking to each other [was: Re: Debian needs more buildds. It has offers. They aren't being accepted.]



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On 2004-02-11 15:13, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Well, in German saying "to act like an idiot" and "to be an idiot" is
> essentially the same. If that is different in English (so saying
> "acting like an idiot" is not regarded to be impolite), then I
> apologize.
>
> There's no need to be sorry for me, just help me to improve my English
> if that is necessary.

act like an idiot -> the action is idiotic 
be an idiot       -> the person is idiotic 

think "even the smartest people sometimes do stupid things" 
then s/stupid/idotic/g
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