[asterisk-biz] Doubts

[Alex Balashov]

In return, the bewildered reader is invited to wonder with me why my  
phone, uh, corrected "piqued" to "peaked" while remaining silent on  
the issue of "connundrum."

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On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>  
wrote:

> I must confess, my linguistic curiosity is once again peaked.
>
> Is there a particular reason why so many people use the word "doubt"
> where a native English speaker would say "question," "problem,"
> "connundrum," "dilemma," "issue," but specifically _not_ "concern" or
> "uncertainty?"
>
> Example:
>
> "Please help me with my doubt about this DAHDI error."
>
> "I am having a doubt with sip.conf..."
>
> I am assuming there is a fairly obvious explanation grounded in
> translation of analogous words and/or the relation of intercultural
> concepts, but I do not know what it is.
>
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