I want to know about authentication in ruby. Is it possible to scrap
html of those sites which require basic authentication.
I am not a native speaker but for all I know "want" is considered
impolite among English speaking people.
I wouldn't say so. To want carries the same basic connotation as
vouloir in French, I don't know that je veut, or je voudrais is more
impolite than say j'aimerais and I'd think that the average native
English speaker would consider both I want, or I would like to be
socially acceptable expressions of a desire for something.
Let us see, you just enter the boulangerie and are in front of a very
charming lady half your age, I really cannot imagine someone saying
"je veux", this is really inaceptable and I have never heard it.
"Je voudrais" is fine of course, "je souhaiterais" is very beautiful.
I was very shocked by "I want", but I am notoriously sensible (c.f.
Lazy Bastard thread).
And this is the real reason I am so picky with your French here, you
did *not* support me in that thread, any excuses ;)))
Seriously, it is very important to know for Rubiests how to get des
croissants, pains aux chocolat, brioches ou encore des chaussons
pommes... when in France ou au Québec (ou avez-vous d'autres
spécialités)
I guess I should start preparing dinner...
If we are talking about faux amis, one of the tricky French-English
ones is demander, which translates properly in English to "to ask"
whereas do demand in English means something more like exiger in
French, and would probably be perceived as a step up the rudeness
scale.
Well as we are already OT here, I prefer true enemies aux faux amis ;).
Demander is very strong indeed, it is the police who "demande les
personnes de sortir". But always consider the context
"Pourrais-je vous demander un service, Madame."
Very polite indeed.
Cheers
Robert
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Robert Klemme > <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
2009/5/12 Arun Kumar <arunkumar@innovaturelabs.com>:
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