Re: Privacy

2013-12-25 Thread John Mikes
Liz:   W E  A R E .


On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 4:33 PM, LizR  wrote:

> I trust everyone is celebrating Newton-mas today?
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Re: Privacy

2013-12-24 Thread LizR
I trust everyone is celebrating Newton-mas today?

One of the greatest men of the past 2000 years, without whom we would
probably still be ignorant peasants ruled by clergy and kings...

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Re: Privacy

2013-12-24 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi John,

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:23 PM, John Mikes  wrote:
> Telmo, thanks. Does 'sigilo' not come from the Latin word for 'sign'
> (sigillum)? which I would trace
> through its way of 'expression of' rather than the American
> privacy-crase.

It does indeed. I believe it came to have an association with secrecy
in my language due to signs used throughout history to convey
information secretly. Eventually, the social norm is that secret
("segredo") could imply some wrong-doing, while "sigilo" refers to a
legitimate right to secrecy over some aspect of your life.

> Your translations are OK,
> if you use the translational ways I wanted to veryfy  in their REAL format.
> I would not divert either
> into the 'secretive' side as e.g. in a confessional.
>
> Of course Americaisms raised their ugly heads in many countries (languages)
> - I don't buy such
> plagiarism for a vocabularian treasure of a language.

I don't mind so much. My world-exploring culture was influenced by
layers upon layers of languages (and genetics). It's not hard at all
to find latin, greek, arabic, hebraic, germanic, french and english
influences. The dominant culture at a given time influences more. We
did the same once. The famous Japanese word "arigato" comes from the
Portuguese "obrigado", for example (meaning "I am indebted to you").

> The religious hubbub for 'keep Christ in Christmas' does not "IMPLY". Just
> as Santa Claus is now
> assigned to "English-Dutch" origin, when it originated from a Bishop
> Nicolaus whose pet-name in
> German spells Klaus  (Claus?).  (In Southern Italy I was shown a
> mountainvillage where - as they
> calim - the first Niclas bishop walked around with gifts to the poor (Near
> Marathea, the name escaped).
> Also Brindisi claims origination according to residents.
> Interestingly the "Santa Claus" craze in Europe falls usually on the evening
> of Dec. 5, (for Dec. 6 -
> the 'name-day' of St.Nicolas)  - not attached to the Catholic date of
> Christmas. (or the Orthodox?)

Yes, I have no sympathy for this. Christmas is clearly older than
christianism. It was embraced and extended by christians as an act of
cultural dominance. Now, if non-believers like decorated pine trees
and exchanging gifts, tough luck. In any case, marry Christmas! :)

Telmo.

>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Telmo Menezes 
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:18 PM, John Mikes  wrote:
>> > List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language
>> > a
>> > WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y "
>> > indeed
>> > covers?
>>
>> In Portuguese, the most common word is "privacidade", which indeed is
>> an anglicanism (although it's so commonly used that most people are
>> not aware of that). But we have an older word: "sigilo". It is still
>> the one used in legal contexts. So, for example, "sigilo bancário" is
>> an old recognized right to bank privacy and "sigilo médico" the right
>> to privacy about your health history. There's also "sigilo de
>> justiça", which protects the privacy of people under criminal
>> investigation. Then you have "direito de imagem", which translates
>> literally to "the right to your image", and which includes norms
>> against being surveilled with photographic equipment.
>>
>> > I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian but
>> > maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in
>> > the
>> > Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
>> > (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas
>> > what
>> > 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I know
>> > names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'.
>> > Anybody
>> > increasing my knowledge?)
>>
>> The portuguese word for Christmas is "Natal", which directly
>> translates to "birth". It is implicit who's birth it is.
>>
>> I suspect that the Saturnalia, that it came to replace, was a whole
>> lot more fun.
>>
>> Telmo.
>>
>> > John M
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Re: Privacy

2013-12-23 Thread John Mikes
Telmo, thanks. Does 'sigilo' not come from the Latin word for 'sign'
(sigillum)? which I would trace
through its way of 'expression of' rather than the American
privacy-crase.Your translations are OK,
if you use the translational ways I wanted to veryfy  in their REAL format.
I would not divert either
into the 'secretive' side as e.g. in a confessional.

Of course Americaisms raised their ugly heads in many countries (languages)
- I don't buy such
plagiarism for a vocabularian treasure of a language.

The religious hubbub for 'keep Christ in Christmas' does not "IMPLY". Just
as Santa Claus is now
assigned to "English-Dutch" origin, when it originated from a Bishop
Nicolaus whose pet-name in
German spells Klaus  (Claus?).  (In Southern Italy I was shown a
mountainvillage where - as they
calim - the first Niclas bishop walked around with gifts to the poor (Near
Marathea, the name escaped).
Also Brindisi claims origination according to residents.
Interestingly the "Santa Claus" craze in Europe falls usually on the
evening of Dec. 5, (for Dec. 6 -
the 'name-day' of St.Nicolas)  - not attached to the Catholic date of
Christmas. (or the Orthodox?)


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:18 PM, John Mikes  wrote:
> > List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language
> a
> > WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y "
> indeed
> > covers?
>
> In Portuguese, the most common word is "privacidade", which indeed is
> an anglicanism (although it's so commonly used that most people are
> not aware of that). But we have an older word: "sigilo". It is still
> the one used in legal contexts. So, for example, "sigilo bancário" is
> an old recognized right to bank privacy and "sigilo médico" the right
> to privacy about your health history. There's also "sigilo de
> justiça", which protects the privacy of people under criminal
> investigation. Then you have "direito de imagem", which translates
> literally to "the right to your image", and which includes norms
> against being surveilled with photographic equipment.
>
> > I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian but
> > maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in the
> > Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
> > (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas
> what
> > 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I know
> > names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'.
> Anybody
> > increasing my knowledge?)
>
> The portuguese word for Christmas is "Natal", which directly
> translates to "birth". It is implicit who's birth it is.
>
> I suspect that the Saturnalia, that it came to replace, was a whole
> lot more fun.
>
> Telmo.
>
> > John M
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Re: Privacy

2013-12-23 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/12/23 John Mikes 

> Quentin, thanks, but both 'intimité' or 'Vie privée' have their proper
> (different) translations in English.
> You would not defend by law (constitution?) you intimité.
>

Yes, you can use it for that... but you would mostly use "Vie privée", but
"Intimité" is ok too...

Quentin


> JohnM
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Quentin Anciaux wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would translate privacy in french by "Intimité" or "Vie privée".
>>
>> Regards,
>> Quentin
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/23 John Mikes 
>>
>>> List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language
>>> a WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y "
>>> indeed covers? I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian
>>> but maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in
>>> the Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
>>> (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas
>>> what 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I
>>> know names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'.
>>> Anybody increasing my knowledge?)
>>> John M
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Re: Privacy

2013-12-23 Thread John Mikes
Quentin, thanks, but both 'intimité' or 'Vie privée' have their proper
(different) translations in English.
You would not defend by law (constitution?) you intimité.
JohnM


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Quentin Anciaux  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would translate privacy in french by "Intimité" or "Vie privée".
>
> Regards,
> Quentin
>
>
> 2013/12/23 John Mikes 
>
>> List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language
>> a WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y "
>> indeed covers? I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian
>> but maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in
>> the Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
>> (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas
>> what 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I
>> know names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'.
>> Anybody increasing my knowledge?)
>> John M
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Re: Privacy

2013-12-23 Thread Telmo Menezes
Hi John,

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:18 PM, John Mikes  wrote:
> List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language a
> WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y " indeed
> covers?

In Portuguese, the most common word is "privacidade", which indeed is
an anglicanism (although it's so commonly used that most people are
not aware of that). But we have an older word: "sigilo". It is still
the one used in legal contexts. So, for example, "sigilo bancário" is
an old recognized right to bank privacy and "sigilo médico" the right
to privacy about your health history. There's also "sigilo de
justiça", which protects the privacy of people under criminal
investigation. Then you have "direito de imagem", which translates
literally to "the right to your image", and which includes norms
against being surveilled with photographic equipment.

> I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian but
> maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in the
> Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
> (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas what
> 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I know
> names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'. Anybody
> increasing my knowledge?)

The portuguese word for Christmas is "Natal", which directly
translates to "birth". It is implicit who's birth it is.

I suspect that the Saturnalia, that it came to replace, was a whole
lot more fun.

Telmo.

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Re: Privacy

2013-12-23 Thread Quentin Anciaux
Hi,

I would translate privacy in french by "Intimité" or "Vie privée".

Regards,
Quentin


2013/12/23 John Mikes 

> List-Friends of diverse linguistic origins: is there in another language a
> WORD meaning the same idiosyncrasy as what the USA " p r i v a c y " indeed
> covers? I know of none in German, Hungarian, Latin, French, Russian but
> maybe my 'second' vocabularies are defcient. I also wonder whether in the
> Pre-American English-English there was something like that?
> (Anotrher similar US-puzzle emerged lately: the "Christ" in Christmas what
> 'faithful' souls want to preserve in the 'spirit' of the holyday, I know
> names for Christmas in several languages and none includes 'Christ'.
> Anybody increasing my knowledge?)
> John M
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