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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-edu]: announcement
From:       Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-10-13 4:50:24
Message-ID: 1192251024.28394.4.camel () pandora
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On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 11:53 +0200, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >  Thanks to the work by Carlos Licea, Marble sports a new 2D
> > > >
> > > > sports?
> > > "has", as in "newly featured", isn't that rather proper english?
> >
> > Yes "sports" is great in this context. Sports can be used for new
> > clothes as in "He was sporting a natty new suit." One imagines someone
> > strutting around with great pride in themselves. Excellent choice of
> > words.
> 
> Look, if you're sarcastic, PLEASE add a line telling so - I don't have
> time trying to figure out if this is proper use of english or not, and
> this comment doesn't really help very well... It probably would be
> funny if I had way too much time on my hand, but reality currently is
> very very different for me.

Goodness I'm sorry you thought I was being sarcastic. I was approving!
Honestly! I think that in this case colourful language is appropriate as
it is a sort of advertisement. Accept my apolgies if I sounded
sarcastic.

Shelagh
> 
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