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- Subject: Aurora
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:54:42 GMT
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- In answer to John Roberts (Tue, 22 Dec 92 00:27:14 EST):
-
- >I suspect the misunderstanding is due to one of those words that's
- >nearly the same in two languages, but which has slightly different
- >connotation. Doesn't the French verb "chasser" mean "to hunt"?
-
- Yes, "chasser" means "to hunt", and it is very agressive. What we
- call an "avion de chasse" is what you call a "fighter". According
- to the dictionary, "to chase" seems indeed a little less agressive,
- and may be translated by "chasser" but also by "poursuivre" (= "to
- pursue"), so there is some ambiguity.
- However, a F-16 is a fighter, and I still find a little disturbing
- that US fighters chase US "deep black" planes.
-
- J. Pharabod
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