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Re: The cost of time

From:Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
Date:Monday, February 11, 2002, 20:44
--- Arnt Richard Johansen <arntrich@...>
wrote:

> AFAIK, Norwegian (my native language) has no 'spend' > as a separate > concept. We say "bruke" both in sentences such as > "å bruke en hammer" > ('to use a hammer'), and "å bruke penger" ('to use > (=spend) money').
This reminds me of English "to make [good, poor...] use of one's time". Dana! Clint __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com