Vol 8, Issue 50 Olaf

[Anders Christian Sivebæk]

Hi all

OLAF: 
>
>AC, what was the exact typing here? I ask because this was an auction
>mentioned.
>
>In the Norwegian translation, the auctioneer said that you get AT LEAST
>200 000 
>kroner for one of them on a real big auction - and that all 12 pens in
>the 
>original box would have an OPENING OFFER at 2,5 million kroner.
Yes, and that's 2 x 12 = 2.4 million - becoming 2.5 million. That's
resonanble. 
Saying the same with half a million times 12 would be 6 millions - and
then 
the opening offer (same typing in the danish version)  for all 12 is half
a billion - 
1,000,000,000 (american billions - danish milliards - I know the
difference between those
terms in danish and american - and I do think german has the billion as
americans)
>
>And saying "you COULD get half a billion kroner for it" _could_ have the
>same 
>meaning as "the opening prize will be 6 million kroner",
No, that was not what it said... - 

> which is why I now ask 
>you what the exact typing was. Was this half billion a minimum price, a
>maximum 
>price or an exact price?
Well, of course I can be wrong - I can't read the mind of our translator. 

I ask also, with Olaf:
>
> Is that a reference to US 24 "The Magic Ink"? 
Now, if that's a fact - I find that great. Nice reference. 

Hilsen/Yours
Anders Christian Sivebæk
Donaldist