Subj : Anecdotes about translators
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Fri Oct 01 2021 17:54:51

Hi!Ardith,

On 30 Sep 2021, Ardith Hinton said the following...

 AH>           When I looked up "twit" in THE FREE DICTIONARY I found quite a
 AH> lot of stuff you might find useful, including definitions & synonyms. 
 AH> In summary... a twit is a foolish, stupid, annoying, and/or
 AH> insignificant person.  I'm guessing that is more or less what you were
 AH> thinking of here.  :-)

Down here, a 'Twit' was long=known as a "pregnant goldfish".  Hence the
insult.  Is that dictionary a revised version of history by milennials or one
compiled by ignorant new world-ers?  ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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