On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 21:00:59 +0200 fi____ visu__lle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am 2008-10-05 um 17:46 schrieb Valentin Villenave: > > > >> You don't need to quote stuff that you've done. I know that I'm > >> right. I really don't need the ego boost of having you tell > >> me. :) > > We all need ego boosts every now and then: look, even I always get > > plenty from you :-) > > Please explain to a non-native speaker: Is "boost" the same as > "blast"? A "boost" is helping someone -- literally, helping somebody get higher. It could be lifting a child so that he can reach a tree branch to start climbing; giving a small stool to a child so that he can reach the kitchen counter; also, car seats for very young children are (or at least were) called "booster seats". A "blast" is an explosion. So "ego blast" sounds like a magical spell in a role-playing game that causes mental damage to your enemies; an "ego boost" is an uplifting feeling that you provide to your allies. Don't confuse the two. Since young children are fairly week, using an "ego blast" on a kid could kill it. > > \teeny \tiny \small \big \huge. > > But shouldn't teen-y markup look like, say, SMS? ur r1te. -gp _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
