Martin Spott writes: > Yesterday the conductor of out orchestra told us _not_ to use the word 'bad' > for describing positive events or facts. This, he said, would be a bad habit > among users of the German language :-)
In my culture if someone asks you how you are doing, the most positive thing you should ever say is "not too bad." Because, you never know, even if things are going really well, they could get worse at any time, and you wouldn't want to overstate your state of wellness. Besides, everyone else says "not too bad" and if someone said something different, it would make them stand out, which again is something to be avoided. :-) Here in Minnesota, we "forked" the scandanavian culture, switched to english, mixed in a bunch of other random stuff like MTV, Mexican food, and Polka dancing. But all in all, it's not too bad; could be worse. Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities curt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
