Huckleberry Finn in Romania

A. Vine avine at ENG.SUN.COM
Mon Jun 14 18:06:40 UTC 1999


AAllan at AOL.COM wrote:
>         My name is Beatrice Badiu and I am a 5th year student at "Al.I.Cuza"
> Iasi
> from Romania and I need some information you may detain.

I find this a very interesting construct.  All humorous interpretations aside,
it's interesting to see the English verbs (and sometimes prepositions) chosen by
folks with a particular native language.

Mind you, if that information had behaved itself in the first place, it wouldn't
be in detention.

Andrea
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Andrea Vine
Sun Internet Mail Server i18n architect
avine at eng.sun.com
Romanes eunt domus.



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