On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Fin, > > Finn Gruwier Larsen wrote: > > > Cor Nouws skrev: > > > >> What about 'Therefore' in stead of 'Why' ? > > > > I think 'why' is the common English word to use here. Besides, it's > > shorter and easier to write. So, that's why i'll vote for 'why' (and > > not: "that's therefore I'll vote for 'why'") :-) > > Thanks, that's clear. > In Dutch, the question (why, 'waarom?') en answer (that's why, > 'daarom!') are of the same length. And I think 'daarom' expresses some > more strength, power. That will be different in every language, I guess. > > So we might end up with 'Why' international and 'Daarom' in Dutch?? > > Greetings, > Just a note: there are two words for "why" in Russian. "pochemu" is used to ask for cause (Why is the sky blue? == What causes the sky to be blue?) and "zachem" is used to ask for purpose (Why are you going to the store? == What is your purpose in going to the store?)
I don't know if that will cause any problems in this context, but I do know that it makes a lot of jokes in English untranslatable to Russian. -- J. David Eisenberg http://catcode.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
