On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 03:37:10PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Thanks Russell. > > About the use of "asshole" I am afraid it is more popular, or vulgar, > than I thought. You are very kind to tell me. > Should I use "dumb" instead? The idea consists in not attributing
No "dumb" is the wrong word. Dumb people can of course be quite creative (literally dumb means not able to speak, but derogatively it also means "stupid", which is a slight on dumb people). I would have gone with something like "mindless robot" - although this has problems of implying artificiality. Perhaps "mindless servant" - you want to get across the idea of following orders to the letter without question. Doesn't "trou de cul" have a similar meaning to "arsehole" in French? I suspect the closer translation might be "connard" though. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
