On 18-Jan-09 21:30, triple_r wrote:
> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> It doesn't mean anything in Dutch and my point is that it is not a
>> mistake. People tend to think it is a mistake, but they are wrong. The
>> only objection you could have is that there is another language where it
>> does have a different meaning and that people who know that will be too
>> occupied by that to listen to what you have to say.
> 
> Indeed.  There was no mistake when our Sudanese friend told us his brother used
> to molest him regularly.  It's perfectly correct in both dialects, only it
> turns out people assume something entirely different in American English, as
> opposed to the British English he learned.  In his words, "No, not the Michael
> Jackson kind!"
> 
>  - Ricky

I like that one. I might use it in future discussion with the daughter.

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