On Jul 7, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 9:28:01 AM, you wrote:
In French we have 2 words for "free"
free = gratuit (no money !)
free = libre (open ?)
;-)
Yes, in English as well: "The puppies are free" is quite ambiguous.
But only as and adjective - as a verb this is not the case.... <snip>
I always thought the New Hampshire state motto had a rather sinister
subtext:
"Live free or die!"
(getting the double-entendre requires that you know that NH prides
itself on having very low taxes, and thus very limited social
services....)
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
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