On 24-Jul-08 11:52, m_a_r_c wrote:

> 488827c5@news.povray.org...
>> m_a_r_c wrote:

>>> de news: 4887f3fc$1@news.povray.org...
>>>
>>>
>>>> , it can be quite good, though the cheese is admittedly pretty dissimilar 
>>>> to cheddar.
>>>
>>> I don't think I  get that ... do you mean that cheeses dissimilar to 
>>> cheddar are unlikely to be good?
>>> Then please define "good" ;-)
>>>
>> I think he meant that the taste of cheddar may not compliment the taste of 
>> curry well, but a different flavoured cheese might be okay with it.
> 
> That way?
> "it can be quite good, though, the cheese is admittedly pretty dissimilar
> to cheddar."
> 
> It means something completely different doesn't it? :-)
> 
I think it can mean both things.

Either: "it can be quite good, *although* the cheese is admittedly 
pretty dissimilar to cheddar."
or: "it can be quite good, *even though* the cheese is admittedly pretty 
dissimilar to cheddar."

but I am only a non-native speaker.

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