Subject: Re: [lojban] Computing in lojbanistan

From: Taral <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:35:06 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Brook Conner wrote:

> Let's take "File" "Edit" and "Help" - are they commands (as in
> "Application, File something!") or categorical labels? In English, at
> least, File seems like a category, and a poor one at that. Quit is
> usually there, but what does "quit" have to do with "file"? Edit is at
> least a collection of commands - cut, copy, select, paste. 

Well, in french these are:

File -> Fichier: "file" (noun)
Edit -> Edition: "editing" (gerund?)
Help -> Aide: "help" (noun)

etc...

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Taral <[email-masked]>