Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Y2K

The turn of the century was probably made by a woman driver!
It's nice to have you back, Mary.
I missed your taglines, you know?
I wish you an "unbugged" year ;o))
Ciao
Frank
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Si e' risparmiato un sacco di dispiaceri,
ora li ha con gli interessi.

Shamefully belated Christmas and New Year greetings to everyone.
Would you believe my fax has the Y2K bug?
Every day I change the date to 2000, and every day, sometime in the
middle of the afternoon, it changes back to 1900. Grrr...
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 The turn of the century was probably made by a woman driver!
Quanto al "turn of the century", è una questione dubbia: Il calendario
cristiano è stato creato nel 500 dopo Cristo. Il matematico che l'ha
fatto per incarica del Papa, sostituiendo il calendario Diocleziano, ha
fissato la nascita di Jesù come anno 1 (la cifra 0 era ancora
sconosciuta all'epoca nell'occidente). Secondo questo calcolo
tradizionale non siamo ancora entrati nel 2000. Poi, il matematico (di
cui non ricordo il nome) ha posizionato la nascita di Jesù circa 4 anni
troppo tardi. Inoltre, astronomi hanno tracciato la costellazione
stellare corrispondente all'apparenza della stella di Betlemme e hanno
scoperto che avenne nel anno 7 avanti Cristo!
Significherebbe che siamo già in un nuovo millennio da parecchio tempo
senza accorgercene (per non parlare degli aggiustamenti dl nostro
calendario ´nel Medioevo....)
Sembra che il nostro modo di calcolare il tempo sia sempre una
soluzione di ripiego che non giustifica niente il baccano millennio
delle ultime settimane!
Scusate questa piccola digressione.
Andreas
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 Would you believe my fax has the Y2K bug?
 >Mary (terribly overworked and short of NG time)
Dear Mary,
It is good indeed to have you back among us, if under somewhat trying
conditions by the sound of it.  I think you are the first person I have
heard of, who has actually had a problem with the infamous Y2K bug, and I am
indeed sorry that it should be so.
In hopes that all may soon be resolved and with reciprocal good wishes for
the New Year,
I remain, as always,
Bambi (with a malfunctioning computer but not because of Y2K)
dtb

 Would you believe my fax has the Y2K bug?
Ask for a fix to the manufacturer, or ignore it! In practice... who cares?
;)
One more (partial) solution: send faxes with your PC.

 heard of, who has actually had a problem with the infamous Y2K bug,
yes, this is the first person I hear of too.  This Y2K bug was the
biggest farce of the century.
Welcome back Mary.
Hope to see you "debugged" in April.
bye
Arianna
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Dear Arianna54,
I don't believe Y2K bug is the  biggest farce of the century.
The problem is actual.
I'dd like to be able to write corrently english to explane you what it
means.
Ciao. Gianni54!!!

 means.
Dear Gianni,
Isn't it wonderful to be able to have an opinion that doesn't necessarily
conform to the majority's viewpoint?
If you will permit me to suggest the following corrections to your post:
    >The problem is actual.
Perhaps it would sound better if you said:
    The problem is real.
    > I'dd like to be able to write corrently english to explane you what it
    > means.
I'd like to be able to write English properly, so that I could explain to
you what it really means.
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb