From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proposal for an improved `help-for-help'
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:02:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YG8bF2egP0hYHon6@ACM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fefd430e-b5c0-6085-782d-085d8219add6@yandex.ru>
Hello, Dmitry.
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 17:50:45 +0300, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 08.04.2021 17:08, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > It feels like
> > "international" is being used as a euphemism for "foreign". If we
> > really mean "foreign" that is what we should write.
> "foreign" implies a specific point of reference.
So does "international", used as it is here.
> What's foreign to you may not be foreign to me, or some other user.
That's precisely my point. Writing "international" when "foreign" is
meant, as it seems to be in this context, does not make it better. I
think it makes it worse - as well as the "preferred" specific point of
reference, we also have the euphemism.
My suggested replacement was "non-English", which is precisely what is
meant.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-08 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 188+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-21 12:06 Proposal for an improved `help-for-help' Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 16:46 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 17:31 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 18:17 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-21 17:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:18 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 19:49 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 1:40 ` Consistent face for keys in *Help* and `substitute-command-keys' Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 2:24 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-24 4:44 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 22:01 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-25 1:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 6:43 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-25 15:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 16:22 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 14:00 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-24 16:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 19:09 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-02-25 2:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-24 14:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-24 16:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 2:26 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 16:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 18:48 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 19:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 20:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 6:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-04 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-05 16:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-05 17:07 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-05 17:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-06 16:44 ` Drew Adams
2021-03-06 17:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-06 17:39 ` Drew Adams
2021-03-05 18:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-05 19:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-05 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-05 20:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-05 20:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-05 21:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-06 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-06 16:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-06 17:32 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-06 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-07 3:03 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-07 6:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-07 7:26 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-07 7:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-08 9:17 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-08 11:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-08 17:43 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-10 1:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-10 17:16 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-10 19:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-10 19:50 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-10 19:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-11 0:46 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-11 3:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-11 6:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-11 13:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-11 13:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-13 14:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-11 6:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-13 14:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-13 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-13 15:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-11 0:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-15 9:19 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-16 2:37 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-16 23:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-03-08 15:39 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-08 16:40 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-08 17:43 ` Juri Linkov
2021-03-09 7:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-09 9:05 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-25 19:14 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-25 19:44 ` martin rudalics
2021-02-24 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-25 1:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-25 14:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:45 ` Proposal for an improved `help-for-help' Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 18:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 18:48 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 19:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 20:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 20:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 23:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-22 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-13 16:26 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-14 2:37 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-14 23:05 ` Drew Adams
2021-03-14 23:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-03-15 1:54 ` Drew Adams
2021-04-07 15:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-07 22:54 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-08 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 12:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-08 13:35 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-08 13:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 15:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-08 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 17:16 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-08 22:52 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-09 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 14:08 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-08 14:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-08 15:02 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2021-04-08 15:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 15:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-08 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-08 17:55 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-09 15:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-08 18:48 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-08 23:23 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-08 23:35 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-08 23:41 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-07 16:42 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-07 18:33 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 19:50 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-07 22:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 23:26 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-08 12:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 19:55 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-24 13:21 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-24 13:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-24 16:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-24 23:48 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 7:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 9:30 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 10:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 11:49 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 12:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 16:26 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-25 10:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-25 10:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 10:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 11:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-25 15:18 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 15:28 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-30 17:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-30 20:02 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-30 20:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-30 22:09 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-05-02 10:23 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-05-02 18:57 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-30 17:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 12:47 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-25 13:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 13:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 16:22 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-04-25 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 13:16 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-25 13:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 13:32 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-25 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-25 13:58 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-25 11:12 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-25 15:47 ` DEL vs Backspace (was: Proposal for an improved `help-for-help') Stefan Monnier
2021-04-25 16:49 ` DEL vs Backspace Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-04-25 17:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-25 17:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-26 0:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-26 11:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-26 11:48 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-26 4:41 ` Richard Stallman
2021-04-27 20:56 ` Proposal for an improved `help-for-help' Stefan Kangas
2021-04-27 23:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-24 17:18 ` Gregory Heytings
2021-04-24 20:32 ` Juri Linkov
2021-04-25 10:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 17:56 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-07 18:21 ` John Yates
2021-04-07 22:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 22:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-07 23:15 ` Howard Melman
2021-04-08 12:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-21 19:27 ` Howard Melman
2021-02-22 15:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-22 10:01 ` Yuri Khan
2021-02-22 15:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 15:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 15:34 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-04-25 18:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-25 14:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
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