Re: [Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request

[Florian Hubold]

Am 14.07.2012 12:09, schrieb Anne Wilson:
> On 14/07/12 10:04, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
>
> > dict.leo.org lists 19 english words which all translate to "Grube"
> > in German.
>
> > alveola [zool.] cavern cavity coal-mine colliery concave bank
> > [geol.] den depression dump   - waste disposal site eroding bank
> > [geol.] erosion bank [geol.] exterior bank [geol.] external bank
> > [geol.] fosse fovea   - small depression or pit
> > [anat.][biol.][zool.] groove [med.] lacuna  - pl. lacunae, lacunas
> >  mine [tech.] outer bank   - it has its centre of curvature toward
> > the channel [geol.]
>
> A German co-worker on KDE UserBase refers me to Leo all the time - a
> very useful resource.
>
> Anne
>
Don't trust Leo too much, just like wikipedia. Better
double-check this with another service like dict.cc,
as leo often has some mistakes,