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Re: Pathemata Mathemata
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:18:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva writes:
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.

lol First, I don't know much French (though my kids speak it fluently)-- I was
guessing at the spelling.  The translation is Rooney's himself-- that it refers
to gambling just adds to its humor:-)

Thanks for the info, Pedro!

-John



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  Re: Pathemata Mathemata
 
(...) Your choice of having your children taught french is very wise, IMHO. As a starter for romace languages it is very good *because it is hard*, and it comes quite handy at times. From french, italian, catalonian and (to a lesser degree) spanish (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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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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