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jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
: In article <1992Sep1.131202.3262@sniap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de writes:
: >Firstly, I'm not German, I'm Irish.  We have been speaking
: >English almost as long as you have, but with more success.
: 
: First, my family is Irish ;-)  Second, some of us own a dictionary ...

I have a german dictionary, but I can't speak german.  
Unfortunately, words you have to get the right order the in. :-)

: This is the old argument between "can" and "may".
: 
: You CAN break into the house with a crowbar. 
: You MAY break into the house with a crowbar.
: 
: These are not the same sentence.

I know.  I agree with what you *meant* to say.  I just disagree 
with what you *said*. (In the original post).

I'll stop this now, before I make some obvious grammatical goof,
and you hang me out wet to dry.  My own english is atrocious anyhow :-)

: 
: >  /
: >Slan leat.  Auf Wiedersehen.  (Have a good day).
: 
: Which isn't what "auf wiedersehen" means either ...

No, that was a translation for the linguistically challenged :-)

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