-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Salam,
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 10:45, Nawfal MEKNASSI wrote: [...] > It's not an hesitation; Before adopting a new word, we > MUST be sure that there is no arabic word equivalent; Yes, absolutely. I'm just saying that when there's a need to introduce _new_ words, we should go frankly. Anyway, we're talking about 'nickname' and it is not the appropriate example: there are plenty of 'pure' Arabic words that can be used (and the many proposals given by different people attest that). We are simply discussing which one to use... 'Smiley' is another example, where it's possible to find a new 'pure' Arabic word (totally new). Sometimes it's more difficult. > People living in Quebec have suffered from old english > governments of Canada; that's why they don't want to > use english word. I'm afraid it's a bit more complex than that ;-) Salam, - -- Youcef R. Rahal Arabeyes.org http://www.arabeyes.org/~rahal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAfPz0HDRR6Cd0eSYRAg4TAJwNvjwSJFK2fjgdh1D0eA+ZbSonoACcCfrh /0/qcpQczm6XS9+E//0vxPI= =x9p/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Doc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc
