"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in news:3dd13727@news.povray.org:

> "Philippe Lhoste" <Phi### [at] GMXnet> wrote in message
> news:Xns### [at] 204213191226...
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>> Yes, seeing vacuum cleaner companies fight is quite depressing...
>>
> 
> Nah - doesn't work. I'm guessing (because they're close-ish in
> English) that there is some link between "vacuum" and "depressing"?

Bah. In French, a depression is a state of mind, but the term is also used 
when pumping out air or in meteorology to indicate a lowering of air 
pressure.

Merriam-Webster shows that this use in English is a bit far fetched, 
although the "depression" article sends to the "hollow" one...

Oh well, remember to avoid making puns in English...

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