[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: indirect request <---> direct request

Mon Jul 16 14:31:27 CEST 2012

2012/7/16 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
+> Am 14.07.2012 12:09, schrieb Anne Wilson:
+>> On 14/07/12 10:04, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+>>
+>> > dict.leo.org lists 19 english words which all translate to "Grube"
+>> > in German.
+>>
+>> > alveola [zool.] cavern cavity coal-mine colliery concave bank
+>> > [geol.] den depression dump   - waste disposal site eroding bank
+>> > [geol.] erosion bank [geol.] exterior bank [geol.] external bank
+>> > [geol.] fosse fovea   - small depression or pit
+>> > [anat.][biol.][zool.] groove [med.] lacuna  - pl. lacunae, lacunas
+>> >  mine [tech.] outer bank   - it has its centre of curvature toward
+>> > the channel [geol.]
+>>
+>> A German co-worker on KDE UserBase refers me to Leo all the time - a
+>> very useful resource.
+>>
+>> Anne
+>>
+> Don't trust Leo too much, just like wikipedia. Better
+> double-check this with another service like dict.cc,
+> as leo often has some mistakes,
+
+Well, I've been using dict.leo.org for many years now on an almost
+daily basis and only found not more than a hand full of real mistakes.
+Of course doublechecking is always a good idea.
+(especially with unknown food - let your wife check first!)
+
+-- 
+wobo
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