Re: E D S for Abdulaziz

[Nawfal MEKNASSI <n_meknassi at yahoo dot fr>]

Salam,

Accordind to the definition of nickname :
1- A descriptive name added to or replacing the actual
name of a person, place, or thing.
2- A familiar or shortened form of a proper name.

I don't think that :
اسم مستعار
is the appropriate traduction;
I have proposed :
تعريفك
because in my opinion it suggest to the user to
introduce him self by the name that he choose for him
self;
I suggest also :
اسم الشهرة
 

> Anyway, talking about the _vocabulary_, it is
> (almost) a natural feeling for 
> people that are afraid for the spread of their
> language to hesitate in 
> adding/changing words... In the first stages of the
> Islamic civilisation, 
> Arabs had no problems in Adding 
>
Persian/Greek/Latin/Chinese/Turkish/Indian/Tamazight...
> words into the 
> language. Now they are (far) more hesitant. The
> English people nowadays have 
> no problems in using new words (even from other
> languages). The hesitation is 
> not only about Arabic.
It's not an hesitation; Before adopting a new word, we
MUST be sure that there is no arabic word equivalent;
And secondly, we must think about the next generation
of computer users that will use computer with an
arabic OS and arabic softwares : they, in my opinion
and hope, will find & use a 100% arabic interface
(even no FTP, HTTP or ASCII word in it;).

> The french are very afraid to
> 'loose' their language 
> by adding 'anglicisms' (and it happens that most
> fearful ones are those who 
> live in Quebec, they use for example the word
> 'chien-chaud' to designate a 
> 'hot-dog', while people in France simply say
> 'hot-dog' ;-).
People living in Quebec have suffered from old english
governments of Canada; that's why they don't want to
use english word.



	

	
		
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