Hi, Paul Quinn -> alexander koryagin!   
   I read your message from  12.10.2015 12:24   
   about Absent-minded boy.   
      
      
    ak>> What do you call an absent minded boy?   
      
    PQ> Simply "absent-minded".  8-)   
      
    ak>> I put this variant in my translation:   
    ak>> "What a bungler! Have you forgotten it?"   
      
    ak>> But some people say that "bungler" it a very rare word.   
      
    PQ> Yes.  However it implies to me that such a person is prone to making   
    PQ> wrongful decisions, or actions in conflict with a desired result.   
      
    PQ> Being "absent-minded" is something else, where the boy's attention is   
    PQ> directed elsewhere or he's just not mindful of some particular duties or   
    PQ> situation.   
      
    ak>> "Dreamy Daniel" is probably a British variant, that maybe unknown   
    ak>> elsewhere.   
      
    PQ> I can't recall ever hearing of that.   
      
   A scatterbrain.   
      
   "What a scatterbrain! Have you forgotten it?"   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2015   
      
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