From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-05-12T22:19:46+09:00 Subject: On the Niceties of Asking For what You Want (was Re: Want some information....) On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Robert Klemme wrote: > 2009/5/12 Arun Kumar : >>   I want to know about authentication in ruby. Is it possible to scrap >> html of those sites which require basic authentication. > > I am not a native speaker but for all I know "want" is considered > impolite among English speaking people. I wouldn't say so. To want carries the same basic connotation as vouloir in French, I don't know that je veut, or je voudrais is more impolite than say j'aimerais and I'd think that the average native English speaker would consider both I want, or I would like to be socially acceptable expressions of a desire for something. If we are talking about faux amis, one of the tricky French-English ones is demander, which translates properly in English to "to ask" whereas do demand in English means something more like exiger in French, and would probably be perceived as a step up the rudeness scale. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale