Previously sent in error to OP. Sorry, Eike. :-( One day I shall succeed in making my recalcitrant fingers type "l" rather than click on anything. :-(
On Wednesday 01 January 2014 12:24:36 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Sorry I got this honest question 'cause I'm not a native English > speaker and what is worse: I don't live in an English speaking > country what means that some colloquialisms are well over my head. > I do not intend to nitpick. > > I found "less worse" somewhat funny. I am a native English speaker living in England. I too have never heard "less worse" and the expression jarred. But there are four possibilities: 1) It is an expression that is age dependant (like "cool" or "wicked" meaning "good"). 2) It is acceptable in some form of English other than English English. You suggest Scots as a possibility. 3) The OP invented it on the fly. 4) The OP just made a mistake. I myself would certainly say "not as bad as". Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201401011759.21736.lisi.re...@gmail.com
