Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:59:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Rhiannon <rage@cyberwitch.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spellings [was Re: BSDCon East] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004130751500.1715-100000@bytor.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004081510320.81871-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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Bravo ! Finally, someone who actually understands the concept of a
'Universa Language'
Exactly ...there are words which just should not be translated into every
single dialect known to man/woman and alien. Now i'm not downgrading the
study of languages, but in the scientific circles, and especially the
technological world, we have enough to do with deciphering code, etc.
I think it's about time someone/some group sets down the principles for a
Universal Communication Language that all techno and lay people can
understand. </rant>
Ok can somebody please help me get down from this soapbox now ? :P
Lorraine
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rage@cyberwitch.org rage@rush.net rage@free.bsdunix.net
On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Brett Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
>
> > French are known to be touchy about imports of American words, but
> > concepts like "hot dog" and "internet" didn't exist in France earlier,
> > and to me it makes little sense to invent new words for these when
> > perfectly good words for these are already in use everywhere else....
>
> If you think they were touchy about "hot dog" you can probably imagine the
> uproar when physicists started talking about "black holes." I'll let you
> figure out what the French word for that is. :-)
>
> Brett
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