>> >>> You are quite annoying...

>> >> Hi Nicola, did you mean "boring" :) i.e. the "false
>> >> friend" ?

>> > yes! You are right!
>> > I haven't time to take a good english course... sigh...

>> Then, critiquing what other people are saying in English =

>> is
>> a dangerous choice, alas.

>> Notice that the large majority of English speakers would =

>> see
>> no link whatsoever between the words
>>
>>     boring    and    false friend.
>>
>> I do not know what words you are intending but that's not
>> what would be conveyed to most people on this list.
>
> You were being accused of not being genuine.

I understand that from the discussion that followed.

BUT neither "boring" nor "annoying" means anything like 'not =

being genuine' in English. An English as first language =

speaker would *NEVER* use those words to mean that OR =

understand those words to mean that.

I have of course no problem with people having trouble with =

English, or trying hard to use it.
BUT in such cases it is probably extremely wise to assume =

that the speaker may not mean what you think he does.

In this case I was completely genuine.
I have been called a liar several times now by several =

people over this (although the word liar was not used).
For myself it matters little, as I know what I said and why =

I said it (and Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe knows as well, which is what =

matters most here).
BUT it is sad to see people consistently insist on neither =

reading well what I wrote or trying to understand the evil =

that I was seeking to avoid by writing.


  regards


            Russell


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