discuss: On language usage [was: To or not to Wiki, a summary]
Subject:
On language usage [was: To or not to Wiki, a summary]
From:
Yaroslav Fedevych ####@####.####
Date:
24 Aug 2005 20:54:13 -0000
Message-Id: <20050824205410.GA31401@fly.osdn.org.ua>
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:36:23PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> Rick Moen wrote:
> >English is hopeless. French is hopeless. German is hopeless. We
> >_could_ all switch to Turkish. ;->
> >
>
> greek? Latin?
>
Well, it's a deep offtopic already... But maybe Lojban?
And, my 5 cents: in Ukrainian, there is no such stupidity as
sexist/non-sexist language; unless the content itself expresses a sexist
attitude, it's OK to use masculine gender as a "general substitute". No
one will make a fuss of it, even the most extreme feminists.
We also ROTFL hearing about all that "political correctness" stuff.
Unless the _content_ is offensive. There are major obstacles for the
freedom of speech, it comes out, in some countries -- you may say
whatever you want, but someone may sue you for a mere word you have
used to express your free thoughts.
Maybe this is what we should switch over to?..
Sorry for all that offtopic, I promise not to do it again...
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