Alexander Schmolck a.schmolck at gmx.net
Wed Dec 31 23:30:11 EST 2003

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François Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> There are a few words which are dangerous, as having very
> different meanings in French and English, this sometimes yield to
> misunderstandings.  For example, English "to deceive" is much, much
> stronger than French "decevoir".  In French, we easily use "formidable"
> to describe a girl who is wonderfully sympathetic and/or attractive.

I think sympathetic is another of those false friends :)

'as

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