I am an answerer more than asker, and highly appreciate all time and effort spent for helping askers.
The case:
This question was actually posted by a Turkish colleague in Turkish Kudoz:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/839886 It was related to the ordinal position of M. Kemal Atat�rk, the founder of Republic of Turkey. I answered the question exactly as I posted here �What number?...�
And I gave a couple of US based links to support my answer. After some discussions with no relevance here, the Asker graded my answer as the most helpful.
The Judgment:
Nevertheless, an experienced colleague disagreed (post-grading), and claimed that my answer is �utterly wrong.� I warned my colleague stating that peers should refrain from hasty conclusions. Nevertheless, as if this is not enough, he reiterated his judgment in a forum topic, this time saying, �Anyway, the Asker had chosen the wrong answer. Those who watch American movies know well what the correct answer is.�
The Appeal:
So I took the challenge, and decided to refer the case to you, native speakers of English, who, after all, are best to judge.
And the Verdict:
My own answer, as pointed out by cbolton (�you've already answered your own question!) received the highest number of �agrees.� Of these 10 confirmations (including the answerer), 7 are native English speakers. Therefore, and somehow humorously, I am grading my own answer as the most helpful by majority votes!
The Conclusion:
All the answers, discussions and comments here clearly show that there are more than one possible answers to such a simple question. And this is tantamount to saying that there is no royal road to translating a source expression into another language. Any expression can be paraphrased in numerous ways all of which point to the one and same thing. And we, as erring humans, should be extremely careful especially when �disagree�ing with another�s answer.
peer agreement (net): +1
