At 01:13 AM 7/02/2004 +0100, Paul V. wrote:

>Hi Eduardo,
>
> >> Oh dear, Eduardo, you have been providing partial problem (...)
>
> > Thanks for the "dear" part. It made the butt kick much easier to
> > take.
>
>I don't want to spoil anything but there's a big difference between:
>
> Oh dear, Eduardo
>
>and
>
> Oh, dear Eduardo
>
>The first means something like "oh goodness" or "oh no". The second is
>what women say in the movies when they throw their beautiful selves
>into your arms :-)
>
>
>Greetings,
>Paul Vinkenoog
> who made it into a movie once but didn't get the girl :-(

...and then, there's Rhett Butler in "Gone With the Wind" - "Frankly, my
dear, I don't give a damn!" where "dear" has different connotations
again. :-)

H.