On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 18:52, Tom wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 07:42:03PM -0700, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
(I have a theory, but I don't want to influence what you say).
But, now I'm curious... what is your theory?
Funny timing, I just said it in my previous email a couple of minutes
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 04:55, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé :
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:01:38PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
Also masculine I believe.
Yep.
I think Debian is feminine though.
Un Unix proprietaire.
Une Debian Sid.
La Debian, la distribution la
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 05:17, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé :
What is the gender of geek?
The same as the person who is called a geek.
(Pronunciation : djik , from English )
Il est un geek.
C'est un geek.
Sa femme est une geeke.
Sa femme est une geek.
(no feminine form, this is
On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 04:09, Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 05:17, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé :
What is the gender of geek?
The same as the person who is called a geek.
(Pronunciation : djik , from English )
Jeek? Not a hard G, like the word Gaul?
Il est
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 03:42, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé :
Then again, as I said, I'm not
a native French speaker, and although I've got *fairly* good inuition
into a word's gender, I still make mistakes! ;)
Don't worry, even French people don't always know all genders :-)
--
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 11:29, Ron Johnson a déclamé :
The same as the person who is called a geek.
(Pronunciation : djik , from English )
Jeek? Not a hard G, like the word Gaul?
Yes, more like an English would say 'jeek'.
Probably because g+e in French is pronounced the same as
Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 03:42, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé :
Then again, as I said, I'm not
a native French speaker, and although I've got *fairly* good inuition
into a word's gender, I still make mistakes! ;)
Don't worry, even French people don't always know all
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:56:30AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 03:42, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé :
Then again, as I said, I'm not
a native French speaker, and although I've got *fairly* good inuition
into a word's gender, I still
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 16:56, Hugo Vanwoerkom a déclamé :
Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 03:42, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé :
a native French speaker, and although I've got *fairly* good inuition
into a word's gender, I still make mistakes! ;)
Don't worry, even
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 07:20, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé :
Hmmm... what exactly does the word Linux sound like in French?
The Li is kind of like Lee,
the nux is kind of like nooks.
It seems that people speaking only English can't pronounce the 'u' the
way we use it - does not seem to
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:26:52PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 07:20, Bijan Soleymani a déclamé :
Hmmm... what exactly does the word Linux sound like in French?
The Li is kind of like Lee,
the nux is kind of like nooks.
It seems that people speaking
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:26:52PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Dimanche 2 Novembre 2003 07:20, Bijan Soleymani a d?clam? :
Hmmm... what exactly does the word Linux sound like in French?
The Li is kind of like Lee,
the nux is kind of like nooks.
It seems that people speaking
* Christophe Courtois ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
As there is almost no logic, this normal. And it changes from language to
language: when speaking German I always wonder which gender to use for
half of words - and they have three genders... :-(
When learning Latin, I had to learn many
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:05:54PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote:
The main point is, I think, that regularity is a fiction, but we keep
trying to attain it because it makes communicating easier. Gender in
language has nothing to do with men and women. It's a convenient
fiction employed to
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:20:21AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:26:35AM +, Pigeon wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote:
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:37:59PM +, Pigeon wrote:
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:20:21AM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:26:35AM +, Pigeon wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote:
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Saturday 01 November 2003 7:12 am, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
(Disclaimer: I'm not a native Francophone; but this is the experience
I've had with colloquial usage of Linux in
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:48:25AM -0700, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
Le Linux is typically used as masculine, but I've seen it, less often,
used as feminine, la Linux. I'm not aware that it is officially
anything, but to me as a French-speaker, it feels more like a
masculine noun.
Do some
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 02:12:31PM +, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
I think it's masculine as in le linux.
Bijan
--
Bijan Soleymani [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.crasseux.com
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
Le Samedi 1 Novembre 2003 15:12, Rus Foster a déclamé :
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
Masculine (ex: Un Linux est plus stable qu'un Windows).
Don't ask me why.
--
Christophe Courtois - Ostwald, Alsace, France
http://www.courtois.cc/ - Clé PGP : 0F33E837
Le Samedi 1 Novembre 2003 17:48, Wesley J Landaker a déclamé :
Le Linux is typically used as masculine, but I've seen it, less
often, used as feminine, la Linux. I'm not aware that it is
officially anything, but to me as a French-speaker, it feels more
like a masculine noun.
(I'm French)
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:08:46PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Samedi 1 Novembre 2003 17:48, Wesley J Landaker a d?clam? :
Le Linux is typically used as masculine, but I've seen it, less
often, used as feminine, la Linux. I'm not aware that it is
officially anything, but to me as a
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
I'd say it's masculine for a couple of reasons.
First, it just sounds better as le Linux compared to la Linux.
Second, it has a consonant ending and such words are
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote:
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
I'd say it's masculine for a couple of reasons.
First, it just sounds better as le Linux compared to
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Saturday 01 November 2003 9:54 am, Tom wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:48:25AM -0700, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
Le Linux is typically used as masculine, but I've seen it, less
often, used as feminine, la Linux. I'm not aware that it is
On November 01, 2003 20:28, Tom wrote:
I don't have a high degree of confidence in this statement,
but I would guess things that cause action seem masculine, and
words that receive action seem feminine. You know, the whole
Freudian nine yards. Things that jut out vs. things that recede,
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 07:42:03PM -0700, Wesley J Landaker wrote:
(I have a theory, but I don't want to influence what you say).
But, now I'm curious... what is your theory?
Funny timing, I just said it in my previous email a couple of minutes
ago. My (rather facile) theory is that it's
What is the gender of Unix?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003, at 14:12 +, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
Masculine, of course.
Men developed Linux, men primarily use Linux, playing around with
powerful operating systems built on top of Linux is a man's thing, et
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003, at 21:01 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
L'unix sounds pretty cool.
Would that make it feminine?
--
scott c. linnenbringer[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.panix.com/~sl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pgp0.pgp
Description: PGP signature
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 21:01, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
What is the gender of geek?
--
-
Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jefferson, LA USA
After seeing all the viruses, trojan horses, worms and Reply
mails
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:01:38PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
Also masculine I believe.
I think Debian is feminine though.
Un Unix proprietaire.
Une Debian Sid.
La Debian, la distribution la plus libre.
I think people might pronounce Debian as though it was written
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:50:08PM -0600, Scott C. Linnenbringer wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003, at 21:01 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
L'unix sounds pretty cool.
Would that make it feminine?
l' can be either masculine or feminine. You see in french you can't
have
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:53:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 21:01, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
What is the gender of geek?
I don't know what it is off the top of my head. It's always a tough call
with foreign words. But I think the tendency nowadays
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:47:30PM -0600, Scott C. Linnenbringer wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003, at 14:12 +, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
Masculine, of course.
Men developed Linux, men primarily use Linux, playing around
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 22:17, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:53:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 21:01, John Hasler wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
What is the gender of geek?
I don't know what it is off the top of my head. It's always a tough
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 19:24:13 +,
Pigeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:08:46PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote:
Le Samedi 1 Novembre 2003 17:48, Wesley J Landaker a d?clam? :
Le Linux is typically used as masculine, but I've seen it,
on Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 09:01:38PM -0600, John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
What is the gender of Unix?
Or eunuchs?
Is neuter a masculine or feminine in French?
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of Gestalt don't you understand?
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote:
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
I'd say it's masculine for a couple of reasons.
First, it just sounds better as le Linux compared to
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 03:26:35AM +, Pigeon wrote:
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:13:02PM -0500, David P James wrote:
On November 01, 2003 09:12, Rus Foster wrote:
Hi All,
Just trying to work out in French is Linux masculine or feminine?
I'd say it's masculine for a couple of
40 matches
Mail list logo
