[lit-ideas] Re: Quick German Question (Vermutlich und Wahrscheinlich) [part II]
- From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:27:01 -0500
I wrote:
> (in which case I'm guessing it would be rarely used)
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I meant specifically in the case of the mountain lion in the tree.
Erin
TO
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From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:09 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Quick German Question (Vermutlich und
Wahrscheinlich) [part II]
> erin, don't listen to Robert. he's just copying stuff.
>
> vermutlich: supposedly
> wahrscheinlich: apparently
>
> if i think of situations, i'd use wahrscheinlich if it's something that
one can see.
> wahrscheinlich, that's a mountain lion in that tree.
>
> i'd use vermutlich if i'm talking about a situation. vermutlich, Robert is
just copying
> stuff from the web.
>
> that seems to me to be the difference between the two. tho' i'd never
really thought about
> it before. it's 5 am in Germany at the moment, so wahrscheinlich, they're
all asleep now.
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
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