On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Paul Rogers <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In the apache-ant description, "kind of like" is an idiom peculiar to
> Americans of a certain age and generation.  I dare say it would make
> your English teacher's eyes roll!  "Resembles" is perfectly correct
> English that would be understood worldwide.
> --
> Paul Rogers
> [email protected]
> Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates."
> (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-)
>
>
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