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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=671420420-08032005></SPAN>V<SPAN
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size=3>lado,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>I don't mind if you mistake me for Mike
(Sangrey or Cahill), -</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=671420420-08032005>maybe I
shouldn't have slightly changed the subject -</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>but I asked for the rendering of
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=671420420-08032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>the idiomatic
expression "the penny </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=3>dropped" </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>not "the pen dropped"</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>in </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>a<SPAN class=671420420-08032005>nother language than English. The
explanation of that expression
is:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>When the penny drops, someone
belatedly understands something that everyone else </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>has long since
understood.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2>This
expression is probably taken from the use of a slot machine where the penny
finally drops.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff
size=2>Greetings,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671420420-08032005><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=2>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>Dear Mike,<BR><BR>> How would yourender the idiom "the
penny dropped" in your language?<BR><BR>In Slovak, I would say: "Spadlo mi
pero" ("The pen has dropped TO <BR>ME"), i.e. I am the subject who should have
taken care about the pen <BR>as the disaster happened, most likely
inconsciously :-)<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Vlado B, 22:45<BR><BR></TT><BR>
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