Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/30
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Mikiro's system is similar to the five levels of certainty in Italian:
1. Lei è bella.
She is beautiful
2. Pare che lei sia bella. / Sembra che lei sia bella. / A quanto pare, sarebbe
bella.
It appears that she is beautiful
3. Si dice che lei è bella.
One says that she is beautiful
4. Dicono che lei è bella.
They say that she is beautiful
5. Che ne so?
What the hell do I know?
I think every post on this group fits squarely into one of these groups. Cf
especially FS ads, which fall into #2.
Dante
Jean-Claude Berger wrote:
> This is one of the most intelligent post I have ever seen (except for the NO
> ARCHIVE tag :-) ). Well (and concisely) said Mikiro!
>
> --
> Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com)
> Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE)
> Lyon, France
> http://www.jcberger.com
>
> >
> > To me it appears to be a matter of emotional characters. We
> > choose different
> > levels of speech when we believe X is true: 1) IMHO, X is true; 2) X is
> > true; 3) If you do not admit X is true, you lack intelligence.
> >
> > IMHO and as far as I am concerned, whether X is true or not is not a top
> > priority on this list because we talk about highly subjective topics and
> > because I am here to enjoy a variety of viewpoints.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > NO ARCHIVE
> >
> > MIKIRO
> > Strasbourg Europe
> > Galleria ARBOS
> > http://arbos.silva.net
> >
> >
> >
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Dante Stella
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante