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From: asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: French dictionary wanted
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Date: 23 Feb 91 00:52:52 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.140856.12159@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
 giacomet@haley.ecn.purdue.edu (Frederic Giacometti)
  writes:

> In article <157232@felix.UUCP> asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain) writes:
> >Those of you in France, Germany, or wherever, who are reading this,
> >forgive me if I can't communicate in your native tongue.  Americans tend
> >to be very bad at other peoples' languages.  If you have the solution to
> >this problem, please post your response in English if possible, or at
> >least provide a translation.
> 
>  This last one sounds humoristic to me. Your request for an English version
> seems to point that you don't intend to make much effort to palliate
> your linguistic weaknesses. In light of this, I find the first part and
> your request for forgiveness pretty much out of context :-)

Well, actually, I don't intend any such effort!  I don't even know what
"palliate" means, let alone French!  Besides, I'm only posting for a
friend!

"It's not my fault!"  -- Han Solo

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