= Сообщение: 5298 из 12556 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 27 Aug 17 19:32:00 Кому : Robert Bashe 27 Aug 17 19:32:00 Тема : Swedish meatballs ... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+59a30210 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+59a2edb9 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== ============================================================================== On Sun, 27 Aug 2017 18:03:02 Robert Bashe -> David Rance wrote:
RB> David Rance wrote to Michiel van der Vlist on Friday August 25 2017 at 12:16:
MvdV>>> You propably read it too. In Gödel.Escher.Bach by Douglas MvdV>>> Hofstadter, a superior being that can grant wishes is called a MvdV>>> "djin". It is not spelled "gin". OK, Hofstadteris an American, but MvdV>>> still...
DR>> As a matter of fact we spell it "djinn". I suppose it's to DR>> differentiate it from "gin".
RB> And in the States, it's called a "genie" The "g" is hard, as it's the RB> first letter. The Germans would spell it "djenie", but the RB> pronunciation stays the same.
Yes, we use "genie", too. Depends on the source. There's the phrase, to "let the genie out of the bottle", meaning to make a secret known.
David
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