On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:04:41 +0100, Thomas de Groot wrote:

> On 21-3-2016 3:17, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 08:54:04 +0100, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>
>>> On 18-3-2016 23:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:53:50 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/18/2016 4:22 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> If you're honest about, it, though, did you really try?  (My wife
>>>>>> asks that question of me on occasion when I make a really
>>>>>> good^H^H^H^Hbad pun.):)
>>>>>
>>>>> What's wrong with puns? A good one is clever. :)
>>>>
>>>> A good one is a rare thing indeed. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> True indeed. Mine was not, but again, I got fascinated by the
>>> linguistic correspondence, which I never can resist. :-/
>>
>> That's something I find more interesting, once I get past the groan. :)
>>
>>
> I suppose, because I am juggling with (at least) three different
> languages on a daily basis, I have become very sensitive to word-meaning
> and word-context differences.

Hehehehe, yeah, I get that.  I'm a technical writer/editor, and I always 
have to be aware of those things as well. :)

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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