Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] doubts again

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:34:20 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Guy Harris wrote:

> Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
> > Hmmm, I don't think that the word 'doubts' means what you think it means,
> > at least over here. I suspect you mean questions.
>
> I've seen "doubt" or "doubts" used in a sense that appears to mean
> "question" or "questions" in other mail messages; it might be an Indian
> idiom.

I suspect it is ... I have seen it used in that way by Indian people
before, but it carries other connotations (some strongly negative) for
other English language speakers ...

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com