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can take it as "you" want... ;-)

(yes, I was specifically targetting newspaper articles)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 09:31:38 AM EST
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you are lying, or you are being willfully ignorant

in view of the above, I'd rather assume that "you" was not "tu".

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 09:39:08 AM EST
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Agnes, it seems obvious to someone (well, yes, me as it happens ;)) coming in here to read these comments, that Jérôme's "you" translates into French as "on".
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 09:54:02 AM EST
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It was not that obvious in the context of one of my ideas being labelled "ridiculous" yesterday.
I am sure Jérôme appreciates your stepping in, afew, as he did not care to do it by himself.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 09:57:23 AM EST
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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 10:28:12 AM EST
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You know you are not any you.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 09:56:04 AM EST
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This is one of the unfortunate things about the English language...that we lost the formal/informal second person distinction.

So we just have to substitute "one" for "you," which makes this "when one does this" or "when one does that" (general point).

Of course southerners in the US have partially solved the problem by inventing "y'all" for "you" (plural).

NOTE: this comment is known as a subtle change of subject which has the effect of turning attention away from any possible terse words or whatever.

by gradinski chai on Wed Mar 8th, 2006 at 01:29:49 AM EST
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