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<font size=3>At 8/26/2009 08:21 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">At 6:22 PM -0400 8/26/09, David
Bergdahl wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My 1st father-in-law (Bavarian,
b. 1899) used "overtake" as the usual term<br>
for passing a car on the highway</blockquote><br>
Is this at all unusual? I've used it all my life, as well in
the<br>
case of as a runner or swimmer or cyclist overtaking another in a<br>
race. And I'm not Bavarian.</font></blockquote><br>
But do you overtake runners, cyclists, or swimmers in your Bayerische
Motoren Werke (AG) auto?<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
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