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06/01/06 07:55
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#117462 - poor english & too specific
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Sorry for my poor english.
I meant the building next to the track, where the teams have their "garages" during the race (ground floor of course); the device in question was sitting above it on the 1st floor (where the management had its offices).

We call the "garages" "box" and as it is an english word, I used it automatically. I think the proper expression is "pit" (as in "pit-stop" for tyres change or so).

There is a couple of words of english origin (or of latin/french/german/anything origin but with similar word in english) in our language with somewhat different meaning, using it in english in the improper way it always sounds very funny...

JW


List of 13 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
if supervisor ever fires you have a bug            01/01/70 00:00      
   design for worst case, not typical            01/01/70 00:00      
      OT: where? why?            01/01/70 00:00      
         not allowed            01/01/70 00:00      
            ridiculous laws            01/01/70 00:00      
            Dont the police always wear sunglasses?            01/01/70 00:00      
         if it got to work            01/01/70 00:00      
            on radios and similar            01/01/70 00:00      
            Boxes above the raceway            01/01/70 00:00      
               poor english & too specific            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sounds like fun            01/01/70 00:00      
   Lots of RF            01/01/70 00:00      
   If the supervisor fires....            01/01/70 00:00      

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