Jerzy, keep posting, I'm enjoying this magic cultural trip. : ) "Obrigado",
Paulo Tanimoto (pronounce it as you please) On Jan 29, 2008 10:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Chevalier writes: > > > ... I think the usual convention is to > > pronounce names in the manner of the language that the person who has > > the name speaks. (Preferably just to pronounce people's names the way > > they say them.) > > > > (The first convention doesn't work with my last name, though the > > second one does.) > > Oh, people! > I try hard to degenerate this discussion into a pure delirium traemens, and > you still keep its serious intellectual contents intact! I bet that you > don't even smile, writing your terrible off-topic postings! > > If you wish so... > Tim, there cannot be any USUAL CONVENTION, unless you are conditioned by > your anglo-saxon keyboard. > > There is no truly established way to translate non-standard diacritics. > Even without, there are pronunciation variants, look how many versions > of "Mustapha" names there are in the world. Try to transmit my family > name to a Japanese, using Katakana (which, being syllabic, gives you many > choices...) > The information world today is far from a purely oral tradition. I think > that the only sane attitude is just let people distort everything as they > wish, and don't get nervous. Those distortions are unavoidable, languages > are evolving creatures. > > ... And a good part of English has been established by those Francophone > Vikings who won the battle of Hastings in 1066, beginning their campaign > from where I usually live and work. > ... Not forgetting that before them there were Danish Vikings, coming from > the place where I sit now... > > Arigato gozaimasu. > > Jerzy Karczmarczuk. > > PS. If you think that "arigato" is a genuine Japanese word, well, check > how the appropriately translated word is spelled in Portuguese... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe