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Re: Pathemata Mathemata
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:41:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
I ran it through Babelfish, but it didn't make much sense - "plays its fact".  A
basic search did not bring up a good translation within 30sec or so, so yes, I got
lazy (see my other thread about people making it too easy on the rest of us).

I believe there was a typo in the original sentence: "les jeux son faits"
should translate to "the game is set" or "the bets are made". Frequent in
Casinos, IIRC, when the roulette is spinned.


Pedro



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  Re: Pathemata Mathemata
 
I ran it through Babelfish, but it didn't make much sense - "plays its fact". A basic search did not bring up a good translation within 30sec or so, so yes, I got lazy (see my other thread about people making it too easy on the rest of us). It was (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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