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DAVOUT
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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
time: 05:29
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To be adopted as a French word, e-mail had two problems :
- there is no composed word with an initial being one part in French
- the prononciation of e in french is different from the prononciation in English; therefore, a direct adaptation would have been imail; compared to courriel, already existing as a French word in Canada, it has been judged that the choice was easy.
I would like to point out to Vel and Plato that freedom of expression is not concerned by a technical word; freedom of expression refers to ideas, and you choose the words most appropriate for being understood when you express your ideas.
About the transfer or translation of technical words, it was very interesting to observe how the computer industry created words for new concepts : they used old words in new meanings, such as mouse, icone, file, storage, cut-and-paste, window, etc, and these ords were of course easy to translate in all languages.
The word computer found an interesting translation (suggested by IBM France) in the word ordinateur which belongs to the old vocabulary of the Catholic Church.
The wysiwyg concept is an entirely other game; obviously the guys who created it had fun in designing the word. For the fun of it, one guy suggested *telecritelecran*, which describes thething with a funny sound.
All this could appear frivolous to some of you, but we have been educated in the belief that an efficient communication can only be made with people who agree with us on the meaning of each word, and this is an endless effort.
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TCO
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Richmond, VA
Jan 1970
time: 00:29
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quote:
Originally posted by DAVOUT
To be adopted as a French word, e-mail had two problems :
- there is no composed word with an initial being one part in French
- the prononciation of e in french is different from the prononciation in English; therefore, a direct adaptation would have been imail; compared to courriel, already existing as a French word in Canada, it has been judged that the choice was easy.
I would like to point out to Vel and Plato that freedom of expression is not concerned by a technical word; freedom of expression refers to ideas, and you choose the words most appropriate for being understood when you express your ideas.
About the transfer or translation of technical words, it was very interesting to observe how the computer industry created words for new concepts : they used old words in new meanings, such as mouse, icone, file, storage, cut-and-paste, window, etc, and these ords were of course easy to translate in all languages.
The word computer found an interesting translation (suggested by IBM France) in the word ordinateur which belongs to the old vocabulary of the Catholic Church.
The wysiwyg concept is an entirely other game; obviously the guys who created it had fun in designing the word. For the fun of it, one guy suggested *telecritelecran*, which describes thething with a funny sound.
All this could appear frivolous to some of you, but we have been educated in the belief that an efficient communication can only be made with people who agree with us on the meaning of each word, and this is an endless effort. |
Guess what moron? You don't need someone to DECIDE what word to use. People will just choose what they want.
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TCO
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Richmond, VA
Jan 1970
time: 00:29
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quote:
Originally posted by GePap
yay. way to insult others and ignore thier honest ideas! |
He was the one who asked what I proposed as a word slection policy. I had already said usage should be the guide not selection. So, I reiterated the point (in case he missed it) and told him to clear his ears out. At this point, we're not even arguing which is right, since he can't seem to follow what I said. IOW, you are blaming the wrong person for ignoring.
Now, if he had progressed to comparing the two concepts and arguing for his over mine that would be fine. And then the discussion would progress naturally. So, to make it simpler for you, blockhead, ignoring an idea is different from arguing over it. Got that, moron?
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19-07-2003 07:45
that either I write first in Word, or I make a control c before sending.
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