Paladin of the Pegasos
Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
From: Nederland
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> I hereby provide some translations (google translate) of the word "obnoxious" [...]
> German: widerlich, widerwärtig, unausstehlich, abscheulich
As a native German speaker I can attest that these German words are expressions of rather strong negative sentiments, in any case very different from the meaning this native English speaker claims:
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=748778
Maybe the meaning of the word differs among different parts of the English speaking world, which may not be properly reflected by a dictionary? At least I can't think of any other explanation for this dissent.
As an Englishman I can attest that the word "obnoxious" does convey a lot more than what the OP claims he meant.
However, I cannot speak for the colonials with their bastardised slang renderings of the Queen's English. ;)
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