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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2008.03.23 (04) [E]

Beste Ron,

well done- I've taken a look into the site you meanwhile established (
http://lowlands-l.net/beyondthepale/ ). Perfect! Been busy, eh ;-)??

> Send stuff under "Words" and in the body of your messages specify which of
the categories each submission is for.
So- let me try.

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Subject: LL-L "Words"

Category: "Words I Love"

"s'il vous plait" (abbrev. "s.v.p.") (French) "if you please" (English)

*Though I don't speak French at all I find this phrase to be the most
international and best sounding way for any type of request. (Jonny Meibohm,
Bremerhaven, Germany)*

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Can we run it this way?

Allerbest!

Jonny Meibohm

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Resources

Thanks, Jonny, and thanks for taking the lead.

The way you submitted it works fine.

One thing though: doesn't *s'il vous plait* literally mean "if it pleases
you"?  (I think an 18th-century Germanized form of it for the "less
cultured" was *wenn es Euch behagt* or *sollte es Euch behagen*.)

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron

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