In a message dated 17/06/2006 17:44:58 GMT Standard Time, dorazander@TERRA.COM.BR writes:

I'm now curious if HH's francophone inclinations were actually uptodate or correct.

Surely Jansy here misses the point that HH is simply giving what he explicitly calls a "literal" translation, not a current francophone equivalent of American slang.

Anthony Stadlen

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