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RE: [ELISP] Detect focus on emacs.


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: [ELISP] Detect focus on emacs.
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:31:27 -0700

    >     The first two ducks speak French, no doubt. ...
    >     But the third one? I have no idea!
    >
    > The third duck doesn't quite "get" how to talk canard. It 
    says "angle",
    > because it thinks that ducks are supposed to say "corner" (angle) - 
    > "coin"
    > means "corner, in French.
    
    For me the question is: is the last duck British, or is it a wild one, 
    unadapted, not repeating the slogans as the others do?
    
Maladapted, I guess.

"Angle" is both English and French. The joke is a French one.




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