[Wikipedia-l] Vote on voting method for final round

Daniel Mayer maveric149 at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 10 20:47:44 UTC 2003


Anthere:
>In american english (and in Maverick voice), I think
>"silly" is rather friendly. A bit like "gros béta". It
>is not very offending, rather a gentle reproach.
>Perhaps slightly friendly moquery.

Yep - "silly" isn't meant to be offensive at all. 

>...
>But perhaps would it be wise to be cautious 
>while using this word ?

Agreed - the word does not translate well. 

--mav



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