Re: [lojban] Computing in lojbanistan

[Taral <taral@taral.net>]

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 <taral@taral.net>