Spot the mistake

[Michael L. Riebs]

Actually it is NOT a mistake. The expression "has wanted for nothing"
actually means the same as "no expense has been spared". Further underlining
this fact is the imported Bentley book. The intention, and proper linguistic
interpretation here thus should be:

"Every time this car has had so much as one little tiny hint of anything
that conceivably could possibly go wrong within the foreseeable future, this
potential minor detail has been eliminated, repaired, and circumvented even
before it had any feeble chance of occurring, regardless of the extreme
expense and extent this meticulous maintenance philosophy might entail".

But, of course, the Brits are slightly less colorful in their exclamations
than us Americans. Hence the slight understatement, and misunderstanding by
the Yanks.

Did you know that in the South, the civil war is referred to as "the war of
Northern aggression"? See how easily certain things can be interpreted in
different ways?

My ¢2.

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q (#7)
'98 A6Q Avant (#6)
Only 6 & 7 remain.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Thomson" <duncan at systemcontrols.co.nz>
To: "Brendan" <coolian at mediaone.net>; "Kev the Brit" <quattrohead at yahoo.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: Spot the mistake


> At 10:49 14/12/2001, Brendan wrote:
>
> >>The car has been well looked after in the time I have owned it and has
> >>wanted for nothing. Car comes with Bentley Manual imported from the U.S.
> >
> >The "has wanted for nothing" line is obviously false.
> >
> >Brendan
>
> Yeah, this thread just sorta petered out a while back, left me sorta
curious...
> Now that you point it out it is SOOOOO obvious...
>
> doh...!
>
> Duncan
>
>