= Сообщение: 5304 из 12556 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Kees van Eeten 2:280/5003.4 27 Aug 17 23:05:56 Кому : Robert Bashe 27 Aug 17 23:05:56 Тема : Swedish meatballs ... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5003.4+59a334cc На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+59a2edb9 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: LATIN1 ================================= ============================================================================== Hello Robert!
27 Aug 17 18:03, you wrote to David Rance:
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 pronunciation RB> stays the same.
In Dutch a genie would be someone genius. But we do have a ghost in a bottle.
Kees
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: As for me, all I know is that, I know nothing. (2:280/5003.4)
