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   Daniel70 to The Doctor   
   Re: Tis the Season   
   03 Jan 26 20:42:17   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho, alt.usage.english   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 3/01/2026 12:53 am, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article <10j83gj$9iod$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Daniel70   wrote:   
   >> 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 :   
      
      
      
   >>>>> 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.   
   >   
   > Plutot deriger que conduire..   
   >   
   >> Google Translate converts that into ....   
   >>   
   >> "And now IT is driven by a Frenchman."   
   >>   
   >> Could they be talking about a different "IT"??   
   >   
   > It must have meant it not IT.   
      
   So why, oh, why did it write 'IT', Binky??   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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