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A simplier math formula
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17/12/2008 08:02:27
 
 
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17/12/2008 07:30:52
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
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>>>>>>>>...
>>>>>>>>It's not a bug, it's part of the design.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Amen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You said "amen". It shows this's just a "wish", not "approval".. :)))
>>>>>
>>>>>In the sence it's used in christian church it's approval. And it's the end word of a prayer it also mean "end".
>>>>>
>>>>>So I say Approval / End
>>>>>
>>>>>Agnes (^.^)
>>>>
>>>>I always thought Amen meant "Let it be so", as in "I beseech the Lord to make this [what's just been prayed for] happen".
>>>
>>>Literally. So this is an approval to that was said in the prayer? Or do I understand the word the wrong way?
>>
>>>
>>>We use (colloquial) "Amen und aus" -> "Amen and end" to express that there is nothing more to be said and we agree.
>>
>>So do we - "Amen to that"
>>
>>Like an ending and agreement (just as amen comes at the end of a prayer) - So be it.
>
>So what was wrong with my statement?

Nothing. I'm pointing out the similarities and the subtle differences in meaning.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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