Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 20, 2009 08:05
14 yrs ago
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English term
be well met
English
Art/Literary
Tourism & Travel
from a city guidebook:
"All residents of XXXX[a city] shall ***be well met*** in schools, in the care of elderly and healthcare."
Does this mean they are 'welcome'?
thank you in advance...
"All residents of XXXX[a city] shall ***be well met*** in schools, in the care of elderly and healthcare."
Does this mean they are 'welcome'?
thank you in advance...
Responses
3 +11 | well provided for | Jack Doughty |
5 -2 | welcome | Samantha Payn |
Responses
+11
4 mins
Selected
well provided for
There will be good provision of all these facilities.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Tony M
: Looks very much like dodgy EN to me, but that's certainly the way I would instinctively interpret it as it stands.
4 mins
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Thank you. Looks dodgy to me too.
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agree |
Sheila Wilson
: I'm sure they meant "the needs of all residents will be well met"
10 mins
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Thank you. Yes, that would be better English than the way they put it.
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agree |
Carol Gullidge
: Agree with Tony re the dodgy EN. This is the best sense that can me made of it. Looks like a poor translation to me, definitely not written by a native EN - at least, I hope not!
14 mins
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Thank you. I hope the same!
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agree |
Jenni Lukac (X)
: Agree with Tony, it brings to mind "Hail fellow...". Jack's interpretation is the best unless you want follow the purple prose style and say that these institutions "offer a hearty welcome to all residents".
15 mins
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Thank you.
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agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
: Agree with your interpretation. And yes, rather strangely expressed, but I have no doubt about the meaning.
21 mins
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Thank you. Yes, it's a bit weird, but I think this is what it means.
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agree |
Rolf Keiser
51 mins
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Thank you.
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agree |
B D Finch
: Yes. It should, of course be their **needs** that are "well met".
54 mins
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Thank you.
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agree |
Jocelyne S
: Certainly about 'needs being well met'.
1 hr
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Thank you.
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agree |
Samantha Payn
9 hrs
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Тhank you.
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agree |
Vicky Nash
23 hrs
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Thank you.
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agree |
Soliton
2 days 6 hrs
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Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "many thanks."
-2
1 min
welcome
Yes you are right. They'll be given a hearty welcome.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-10-20 17:42:07 GMT)
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You are both quite right! I should not have answered so impulsively.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-10-20 17:42:07 GMT)
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You are both quite right! I should not have answered so impulsively.
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Tony M
: Although the source text is suspect, this really wouldn't make sense at all — makes it sound like some sort of 'open day', imagine what would happen if all the city's residents turned up at the old folks' home: do you really think they'd be 'welcome'?!
9 mins
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disagree |
B D Finch
: Agree with Tony's comment. This interpretation just doesn't make sense.
58 mins
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