Hi, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 03:13:35PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: >> Well, in German saying "to act like an idiot" and "to be an idiot" is >> essentially the same. > > It's not. IME, whether you see a difference between those phrases depends mostly on whether your parents and/or teachers did. -- Matthias Urlichs