Re: just because is a tiger (was: Re: s///x)

Dr.Ruud <rvtol+news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> Anno Siegel:
> > Dr.Ruud:
>
> >> "Gewoon is een tijger."
> >
> > "Habit is a tiger"?
> >
> > Yeah, a sleepy one, but when you want him to move he's got teeth.
>
> A bit like that yes. It covers adjectives like 'normal', 'usual',
> 'habitual', 'customary', 'ordinary', 'general', 'common', 'simple',
> 'just', and most related adverbs too.

I should have known better than to base a translation on the "Dutch is
like German" theory.

> It is something my 3 year old answered when she got fed up with me
> asking her several times in a row what she meant with 'Gewoon.' (I knew
> that she meant "Just because." and she knew that I knew).

Oh well... Pedantic educative questions instead of getting on with
whatever you were doing. You had it coming.

Anno
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