"Thompson, Steve , SCI TW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: MB to Cyl Conversion > > "Thompson, Steve , SCI TW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > -----Original Message----- > > > <snip> > > > > Englisch tickt nicht Rechtig. > > > > Sorry, I don't know how to put that in Dutch (and I had to use Babel > > Fish to get close to the correct spelling). > > > > Regards, > > Steve Thompson > > Steve, > I read it over and over, but can't make anything from it. It is not > Dutch, it looks like German but isn't either, maybe it is South African > which, I don't know. > > What would it be in English? > > Kees. > > ----- > English (the language) ticks not rightly. > > It is a German idiom normally ascribed to an individual or group. Such > as "He ticks not rightly" or "They tick not rightly". > > My point was, English is a crazy language. > > Later, > Steve Thompson >
Aha, so it is German anyway, however "Rechtig" should be "richtig". "Rechtig" sounds a little Dutch-ish, but isn't. Google told me it should mean (although it often/normally refers to clocks not showing the right time): "He's wrong in the garrett." We have something similar, referring to a persons "upper room". However in this case we usually use a verb associated with the noun "spoor" (track), but it means something else as the english "to track". It more refers to a car or train not well following the tracks it should normally follow, in this case a brain not following tracks a normal person's brain follows. "Hij spoort niet helemaal". Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
