On 8/20/2015 12:20 PM, clipka wrote:
> Infamous because, while I hate to admit it, my English isn't perfect :-}
>

It is probably better than mine. :-)
Init!

> For some reason I was convinced that the word could be used with a
> connotation of respect for outstanding achievements and bravado
> bordering (or beyond) the illegal - possibly because the German
> equivalent, "berüchtigt", can sometimes be used in this sense
> (especially in the combination "berühmt-berüchtigt").
>

Google translates berüchtigt as notorious. Which fits in with your 
definition. I would have said the renowned Fractint.


> Strike that, and insert "badass" instead.
>

I don't suppose it is any easier when words like wicked and cool, have 
reversed their meanings in recent years.

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Regards
     Stephen

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