| Re: "to anther" ?? |
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| Douglas Sederberg (vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net) |
2004/06/09 18:03 |
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From: Douglas Sederberg <vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: "to anther" ??
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:03:30 -0700
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In article <newscache$j3g1zh$fk$1@newsfront4.netvisao.pt>, Joao Dias
<joaodias@dont-email-me-please.com> wrote:
> Joao Dias wrote:
>
> > Oodini wrote:
> >
> >>>> Check with Google: 4100 answers with "to anther"...
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.google.fr/search?q=%22to+anther%22&ie=UTF-8&hl=fr&meta=
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, as I saw that in a CS book (supposed to be reread), and that
> >> this word appears in many threads abou computging, I thought it was
> >> maybe an american word created by computer people...
> >>
> >> I am feeling ridiculous? :-)
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> > ridiculous is not !!!to!!! question things, right ? :)))
> > Joao
>
> I think also that you should say "Am I feeling ridiculous ?"
> instead of "I am feeling ...?" but I'm not sure if first form is
> completely wrong.
> Joao
You would probably say "I feel ridiculous". Or more informally: "Boy,
do I feel ridiculous!" It means you felt that you did something
foolish and you're embarrassed other people know about it.
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