Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.16.MISMATCH!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.westnet.com.au!news.westnet.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:37:51 -0500 From: "Qu0ll" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer References: <9an1a5F3rrU1@mid.individual.net> In-Reply-To: <9an1a5F3rrU1@mid.individual.net> Subject: Re: Synchronization of the constructor Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:36:18 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3538.513 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3538.513 Message-ID: <7fKdnYqm6fuS_9vTnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@westnet.com.au> Lines: 21 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.169.142.145 X-Trace: sv3-pKITsbur1LND3MeLUl4FHm6L5KQdxiP6Kz8lFSaQjSztyPA66x1DA/arAlgjpmKNeHpvJkuauR2DdZb!gBdHYntunqb08AeKtzbzoKq31jSU2yrKvhzEtWnZioqgMG4J035+hIBt2YaVBlv9Wro251iJw6Zw!7su0UQ9Y5Jtwp+ErVnNxeZc= X-Complaints-To: abuse@westnet.com.au X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2234 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:7076 "Robert Klemme" wrote in message news:9an1a5F3rrU1@mid.individual.net... > Btw, it's "question" and not "doubt". Side note: I see this quite often. > Does anybody have an idea why non native speakers often use "doubt" > instead of "question"? I'm not a native speaker myself but I can't > remember having mixed up the two. So I guess it has to do with the way > English is taught or the mother tongue. It's not confusion. In some cultures, especially those from the subcontinent, "doubt" actually means something slightly different from Western cultures. In those cultures it is used when something is not completely understood and embodies the question that results from that incomplete understanding. And loving it, -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct) _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]