Fwd: [Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Wiki for English translation effort

[Ben Goodger]

On 23/07/06, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at dhanapalan.com> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 23 July 2006 19:11, Enverex <ben at atomnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Ok I'm a little annoyed now at why linux programs feel the need to clear
> > the *£%"ing clipboard every time I close a program, so I just lost
> > everything I wrote out. Wonderful.
>
> [OT] This is the way that X handles its clipboard. You can get around it
> by
> using a clipboard manager like Klipper.
>
> > ANYWAY, as I was saying, I don't agree with any of the things in the
> > "Dialectical Differences" section other than "Trash". Disk/c depends on
> > context. A "Hard Disk" is still a "Hard Disk" over here. Disc refers
> > purely to a "round" object (in the 2D sense; the Frisbee was a disc, I
> > had a compact disc, etc). Plugin/Plug-in is also contextual. Plugin
> > being a computer application add-on while plug-in refers to an action "I
> > am going to plug-in my new mouse" etc. Programme and Program are also
> > computer separated, with Programme referring to a TV programme (ex) and
> > Program being a computer program, i.e. "I was watching a programme on
> > TV" and "Ben was getting annoyed with the Linux program clearing his
> > clipboard full of data".


A hard disc is still made of discs.
I agree on the "program" bit, although this is just an americanisation as
the original spelling was programme, i.e . a programme of instructions
rather than a single one.
I spell the verb "plug in" and the computer noun "plugin" - for me there is
no "plug-in".

Is this 'computer separation' the way it is 'supposed' to be, or just the
> influence of the USA over the computer industry from its youth?
>
> > Be careful that over here we don't just call
> > everything "gasoline" too, petroleum is petrol and diesel is diesel.
>
> en-US has that distinction as well. "Gasoline" directly maps to "Petrol",
> and "Diesel" is the same in both languages (AFAIK).
>
> --
> Sridhar Dhanapalan
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>
> "Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and
> deluge the hobby market with good software."
>   - Bill Gates, 'An Open Letter to Hobbyists', 1976-02-03


Yes, but Bill Gates is a ruthlessly capitalistic tit.

-- 
Ben Goodger
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Mi admiras religiajn; ili estas fine ebliĝinta solvi la maljunegan demandon
"kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?".


-- 
Ben Goodger
#391382
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Mi admiras religiajn; ili estas fine ebliĝinta solvi la maljunegan demandon
"kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?".
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