Masud Wrote: Do we need to use "right" or "appropriate" for people? If we say "whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened" (if I remember the words correctly) why can we not also say; "Whoever came are the only people who could have come"
******************** I suppose we could -- but that would miss the point, I think. Lots of people "could have come" but only a certain number really cared (enough) to come. And besides, they are the only ones present :-). Their "care" makes them the right/appropriate/present people. And in my book, it is the "caring" that counts. That doesn't make all the other "possibles" bad, evil, immoral, or ugly -- they just didn't care enough to come. Maybe next time???? Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Masud Sheikh Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: 1st OS in Vietnam Do we need to use "right" or "appropriate" for people? If we say "whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened" (if I remember the words correctly) why can we not also say; "Whoever came are the only people who could have come" Masud On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:28:45 -0700, Elwin and Joan [email protected]> wrote: >--- Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Idiomatic language is devilishly hard to translate, >> and I suspect idiomatic (colloquial) English is the worst offender. >I >> opted for "right" = "appropriate." Sounded good to me. What do you >> think? > >Harrison, > >I think you did the "right" thing! Since 90% of my OST is in former >USSR countries I am constantly asked the same question(s) about the >terms used in the Four Principles. Again, you did the right...err >"appropriate" thing. > > > >Elwin Guild >Future Development International >Baltimore >[email protected] * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
