XPost: uk.media.tv.sf.drwho, alt.usage.english   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 2/01/2026 2:38 am, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Hibou   wrote:   
   >> Le 31/12/2025 à 23:38, The Doctor a écrit :   
   >>> Charles Hope wrote:   
   >>>> On 31/12/2025 16:50, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>>> Hibou wrote:   
   >>>>>> Le 31/12/2025 à 14:38, The Doctor a écrit :   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Where is here, owl?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Scotland.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What is the scottish word for owl?#   
   >>>>   
   >>>> oolet (in Doric)   
   >>>   
   >>> So why not call yourself oolet instead of hibou?   
   >>   
   >> Because I cut my Usenet teeth in the fr.* groups, and still frequent   
   >> them to some extent. I learnt a lot of French that way, but those groups   
   >> are now largely moribund, hélas.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Et maintenant INN est condiut par un francais.   
   >   
   Google Translate converts that into ....   
      
   "And now IT is driven by a Frenchman."   
      
   Could they be talking about a different "IT"??   
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   Daniel70   
      
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