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Re: Debian 5 installation



On Monday 03 January 2011 15:38:51 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> On 03/01/11 15:29, Camaleón wrote:
> > Not sure if "picky" is the correct term. I wanted to use an adjective to
> > designate people who is... (let me search for a synonym) "punctilious/
> > touchy"? In Spanish that is "quisquilloso".
>
> According to Google Translate
> http://translate.google.com/#auto|en|quisquilloso:
>     1. fussy
>     2. touchy
>     3. pernickety
>     4. petty
>     5. cantankerous
>     6. squeamish
>     7. persnickety
>     8. pettifogging
>     9. spiky
>
> I'd go with touchy. I just wish my Spanish was as good as your English!
>
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> Tony van der Hoff        | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org
> Buckinghamshire, England |

+1  As always someone else can express my thoughts better than I can.  
Camaleón's English is so good that I often forget that she is not English.  
But come to think of it, perhaps cantankerous is even better in this case!
Lisi


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