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Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: bootstrap*


From: Karsten Hilbert
Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: bootstrap*
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:44:58 +0100
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> >     Do not hit somebody with eyeglasses.
> >     Take a club instead.
> It would be
> Don't hit someone wearing glasses
> Use a club instead.

The German "hit" (schlagen) requires "with" (mit) to indicate
the tool. OTOH to indicate someone is wearing glasses we also
use "with" (mit). So the pun is on "with", I guess.

In English the pun seems to be on the confusion as to *who* is
wearing glasses - the victim (characterized by his wearing of
glasses) or the hitman (who is to take his glasses of before
hitting).

Karsten
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