On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 20:26:43 PM +0100, Daniel Carrera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Chad Smith wrote: > > >"Start pretending that their governments use ODF?" > > > >What kind of rational sense does that make? When do rationality and > >make-believe belong in the same sentence? > > English is not Marco's first language. I think that we can figure out > what he meant to say. The word "encourage" would be closer to Marco's > meaning. Thanks. You're right of course. In Italian, as anybody can check in any dictionary, the verb "pretendere" means "to require". That's why I *always* end up using "to pretend" when I mean "to require", sorry. > Of course, you are no set on trolling that you are unable give a > second thought to what people say. You're optimist. I'm still waiting for his _first_ thought ever... Marco -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Democracy has never just been about elections... it also means control through reasoned discourse. L. Lessig, Free Culture --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
