From: John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free"
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:34:19 +0000
Date: 2001-11-24T00:29:16+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BFEEB0B.E1C0E709@brighton.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3bfcc8a9$0$15836$626a54ce@news.free.fr
Jean-Marc Bourguet wrote:
>
> That would be "sans insectes" but we use "bug" or "bogue" for this
> meaning of bug, so "sans bogues", "sans bugs". "Libre" is sometimes
> used also with the meaning "without" so "libre de bugs/bogues" would
> also be correct but I don't remeber seeing it used.
"Bogue" is an interesting word -- what does it really mean? Is it
related to the English words "bogle" or "bogy" (both of which mean
a goblin)? As in "gremlin", maybe?
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2001-11-21 22:28 OT: Meaning of the word "free" Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-21 23:57 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-22 12:06 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-23 5:51 ` AG
2001-11-23 11:49 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-23 12:03 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-25 1:15 ` Mark Lundquist
2001-11-26 15:31 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-26 18:10 ` Wes Groleau
2001-11-22 1:44 ` OT: " Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-22 9:43 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-24 0:34 ` John English [this message]
2001-11-24 10:42 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24 14:30 ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-24 19:00 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24 20:00 ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-25 10:41 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-25 12:07 ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-26 18:13 ` Wes Groleau
2001-11-25 13:45 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-11-25 22:43 ` David Starner
2001-11-26 9:31 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-26 10:51 ` John English
2001-11-26 18:56 ` OT: Meaning of the word Ted Dennison
2001-11-26 20:26 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-27 11:37 ` John English
2001-11-28 0:45 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-22 10:55 ` OT: Meaning of the word "free" Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 10:53 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 18:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-11-23 12:07 ` Preben Randhol
2001-11-22 17:46 ` Julio Cano
2001-11-22 20:38 ` Adrian Knoth
2001-11-23 20:24 ` Julio Cano
2001-11-24 3:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-24 0:36 ` John English
2001-11-22 21:29 ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-24 0:30 ` John English
2001-11-24 11:54 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-24 17:57 ` Robert Dewar
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2001-11-26 2:19 tmoran
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