Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 00:19:35 -0700 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Message-ID: <20020529001935.A184@HAL9000.wox.org> In-Reply-To: <20020529161045.U82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:10:45PM %2B0930 References: <20020528091410.G29491@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020528001001.GA20175@hades.hell.gr> <20020528095208.A16567@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020527175613.A1214@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020528102802.K16567@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020527184817.A1485@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020528104311.A37937@lpt.ens.fr> <20020529123150.F82424@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020529062638.GA8243@lpt.ens.fr> <20020529161045.U82424@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Thus spake Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>: > > You're suggesting that everyone who refers to a German name should > > know the rules of German spelling, which is ridiculous in this > > globalized day. > > Not at all. What I'm saying is that not knowing the spelling rules > doesn't make your mistakes correct, though it may make them > justifiable. With natural languages, if enough people consistently make the same `mistake', doesn't that mean it isn't a mistake anymore? Just because something is spelled differently in German than it is in English doesn't mean someone has to be wrong. Moreover, there's no rule that says the original spelling is somehow `more correct.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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