Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: bootstrap*

[Elizabeth Dodd]

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:44 pm, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > >     Do not hit somebody with eyeglasses.
> > >     Take a club instead.
> >
> > It would be
> > Don't hit someone wearing glasses
> > Use a club instead.
>
> The German "hit" (schlagen) requires "with" (mit) to indicate
> the tool. OTOH to indicate someone is wearing glasses we also
> use "with" (mit). So the pun is on "with", I guess.
>
> In English the pun seems to be on the confusion as to *who* is
> wearing glasses - the victim (characterized by his wearing of
> glasses) or the hitman (who is to take his glasses of before
> hitting).
>
> Karsten
works both ways in english
either don't hit someone while wearing glasses or don't hit someone with 
(using as a tool) glasses.
Liz
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