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Re: GROUPLANG: optional features and case

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 20, 1998, 11:43
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I don't think so. Actually, I hear "h=F4te" for both meanings w=
ith the
> same frequency. It's just that "h=F4te" was not very used when I was yo=
ung (we
> didn't receive people to stay at home more than for one dinner, so we d=
idn't
> use the word "h=F4te").
Ah! I see. Still, it seems rather peculiar to use the same word for both ends of the host-guest relation. --=20 "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files ICQ: 18656696 AOL: NikTailor