7. "RE: OWaW: Our Fighting Fleet"
In response to message #5
>>>In this case, he's kind of playing on the vagueness of the context. >>>He looks about 30, give or take, at the moment, and so is leaving it >>>to Admiral Sugita to assume that by "a long time" he means 10 or 12 >>>years. (Which indeed he does.) >> >>Maybe in terms of his looks. > >What? That's what I just said - oh, I see. No, which indeed the >Admiral does - make the expected assumption. >