On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:24:58 PM Peter Blodow did opine: > gene heskett schrieb: > > I may occasionally use the phrase Mochs Nix (sp?) in > > > > speaking, which I've been told means "it doesn't matter". > > This is sloppy language. For real good German speaking people, it is > "Macht nichts" (= makes nothing, in ancient English "maketh nought"). > For others it's "Max nix". You're in between. Well, I do try to stay toward the middle on such things. Then if I screw it up, both sides are insulted. ;-)
> German and English are so similar. > And probably not as far apart as WV/redneck english and proper Bostonian, where they pahk the cah. ;-) Here we just abandon it wherever it will fit. And because this is 4wd country, my now badly rusted 99 GMC is usually referred to as a West Virginia Cadillac. We do have a few real caddies here, usually 4wd Escalade's, the 3 bedroom model. For those who want to make a statement that they made it. :) Me? I just pull on a University of Hard Knocks t-shirt & cap when I want to impress the local frogs. No one with a higher education than high school can be accepted for a degree from UHK. And if only 8th grade like me, that's even better. ;-) But that 8th grade included phonetics and algebra yet in the 1940's, so I am yonks above the HS grads here in 2011. > Peter I took that out of my sig. Cheers, gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Take an astronaut to launch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
