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Old 04-27-2010, 03:16 PM   #27
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Coder View Post
You're right, I think something got a bit lost in translation there. The word respect in Swedish is a little wider in it's definition. I agree civility would be what I was aiming for.

Fair enough, that makes sense.

To be honest I think I'm usually pretty good about considering what can happen in translation but this time around I don't think I even considered that possibility before commenting.
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