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Re: [OT] Re: correct English usage



On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:55:47 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:20:10 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
>> > On 03/04/12 19:21, Camaleón wrote:
>> (...)
>> 
>> >>> "Ulterior" is certainly not a synonym for "posterior",
>> >> 
>> >> But it was, that's what I meant. It's not a term I would neither use
>> >> in my own language but it is still perfectly correct.
>> > 
>> > Maybe, but you wouldn't pass for a native speaker, and that's what
>> > this is all about, isn't it? If I'm wrong about that, then all bets
>> > are off; use whatever word takes your fancy!
>> 
>> (...)
>> 
>> Well, I somehow disagree with that.
> 
> I am certainly tempted to make a screenshot of the view of this thread
> here in KMail, upload it somewhere and put a link here.

No need for all that work. You can get the big picture here:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/04/threads.html#00193

> You aren´t still discussing some wording in Releasenotes or other
> documentation, aren´t you?

You read and you'll find out.
 
> I might try whether KMail handles ignoring this thread. It sometimes
> seems to work at other times mails in the thread are still marked as
> new.

This thread was (properly) tagged as "OT" and thus can be easily ignored/
filtered/avoided by anyone. Move on.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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