On 24/11/2014, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2014-11-23, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>On 24/11/14 08:06, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 24/11/14 03:38, Curt wrote: >>>>> On 2014-11-23, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> To any listmasters that might be paying attention. > <snipped self-unaware, awesome joke> > >>>> L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? > >>>> >>> I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, >>> do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule. >>> Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with >>> mosques and charities and hospitals? > >> :) >> Apt. (In English "Pot, meet kettle") >> >> >> >> >> > [facepalm] > > :) > > L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? is a French precept[*1], the > English equivalent is "A pot calling the kettle black", the Australian > abbreviation is "Pot, meet kettle" > > Note the difference between translation of individual "words" and > "meaning". Google translate will only get you so far. > > For a cheese-lover, Curt's "name" displays a high level understanding of > the nuances of English - or, 'maybe', just synchronicity (CSJ). ;p > > [now finishing this brief semiotic and linguistic interlude and > returning you to the regular Debian User list] > > [*1] one-bookian equivalent - Matthew7:5,Paul6:42 >
In tems of Orstarlianinsms, does the above, mean that Matthew got 7 gaols, and whalloped 5 behinds, and Paul only got 6 gaols, but managed to whallop 42 behinds? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8pzwiqvg0cq9tzcyps_2gbcaqdnfyrhpasy6paa7aj...@mail.gmail.com