Compare "common".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Meeting in town
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alison Croggon wrote...
>
> >Even for native English speakers, emails can be minefields of
> >misreading, Erminia. But that misunderstanding is very interesting.
> >Does this mean Italians are normally rude? :)
> >
>
> Um, I think we now have to unpick the subtleties of "un-courteous",
> which I suspect Erminia *isn't* using as a synonym for "discourteous".
> But I imagine you'd picked that one up already.
>
> All the best,
> --
> Peter
>
> http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
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