On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 21:44 +0530, Prem Kurian Philip wrote: > I see your point. However, the reality is that those who are going to > be > using a computer will at some point or the other have to invent new > words > for disk, internet and so on because there are no words for this in > Tamil/any other indian language. The other reality is that people are > actually far more flexible than we think and are quite willing to use > terms which are not native to the language - a crude example: we don't > have equivalent terms in Tamil for "Tandoori Chicken" but pretty much > anyone will understand what it means.. other examples: how many > tamilians > actually use the Tamil equivalent for bus, cycle, computer etc?
these are arguments like how many users use linux etc., despite the reality that many/ most computer users are windozed we work towards proliferation of free software.. we do not accept the reality, rather we work for a change.. the same hold good for languages too.. -- ஆமாச்சு _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
