Re: Cindy's request

Stan Cox wrote:
Don Kirkman wrote:

It seems to me I heard somewhere that chance wrote in article
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"Stan Cox" <stanDOTcox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote


Out of deference has Mom falling silent due to Dad having a higher status. Read the air sounds more like Dad is in a really bad mood and Mom can tell by looking at him :)


Totally.


Except that in my neck of the woods I doubt anybody would understand
what it means. I know I don't. I think we're being led astray by
translating "ki" as "air" rather than "spirit/mood/aura" or even
"situation". I'd go for "sensing the mood".


Ah, In my neck of the woods (Southern England) it would be completely understood. Sensing the mood is better though.

I'll try it on my daughter, a Lewes resident since the mid-80s.

Bart
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