Re: "quiproquo"

Thanks to all for your helpful responses!

Dan

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> On Dec 7, 2019, at 4:06 PM, Lorenzo Smerillo <[email protected]> wrot=
e:
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> quip roquo is vulgar Latin for a joke request.
> But quid pro'quo is a store in Britannia selling everything for near a qui=
d.
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> On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 at 21:22, Maria Luisa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>> In fact, the American way to say it is =E2=80=9Cquid pro quo=E2=80=9D, wh=
ich means
>> something in exchange for something else, while in Europe we use =E2=80=9C=
qui pro
>> quo=E2=80=9D, as misunderstanding, i. E. As you had used qui instead of q=
uo in a
>> sentence.
>> Best,
>> Maria Luisa
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Dec 7, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Marcello Nobili <[email protected]=
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>>> wrote:
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>>> =EF=BB=BFLatin "qui pro quo" in current Italian usage means a misunderst=
anding.
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>>> Best wishes,
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>>> Marcello
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>>>> Il giorno sab 7 dic 2019 alle ore 20:06 DANIEL P. Tompkins <
>>>> [email protected]> ha scritto:
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>>>> Working through a French essay right now I come across the word
>>>> *quiproquo*,
>>>> which translates as "misunderstanding."  Not exactly what the White
>> House
>>>> means.  It's always intriguing when the same word can mean two differen=
t
>>>> things in different countries (I had examples but have of course
>> forgotten
>>>> them).
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>>>> Would love to hear from someone who's actually worked on this.
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>>>> Dan
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