Re: 'dyeus' chronology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:

> At 6:48:19 PM on Saturday, November 13, 2010, Francesco
> Brighenti wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra"
> > <shivkhokra@> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> We know you are Sanskrit challenged.
>
> > What does this sentence mean?
>
> He's saying that your knowledge of Sanskrit is poor.
>
> > Is it English?
>
> It incorporates a popular modern idiom: 'X challenged' means
> 'deficient in X'. Being only 1.61 m, I could say jocularly
> that I'm 'height challenged'.
>
> Brian

I may be deficient in X or Y, but he's a complete "deficiente" (in Italian), believe me.

Francesco