Hi Joe, Of course I am not talking Amir, he's a nice guy. I think "language bully" probably works here. Thanks for tip ;)
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 6:25 PM, Joe Matazzoni <jmatazz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Petr asks: >> Out of curiousity, how would you say "grammar nazi" or "language nazi" > with absence of word "nazi” > > Interesting question (in the abstract—meaning as long as we’re not talking > about Amir). > > There is no standard phrase that comes to mind. Tyrant and despot are too > classy, authoritarian too long, stickler not pejorative enough…I’d go with > bully. > _____________________ > > Joe Matazzoni > Product Manager, Collaboration > Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco > mobile 202.744.7910 > jmatazz...@wikimedia.org > > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge." > > > > >> On Aug 15, 2018, at 9:10 AM, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Out of curiousity, how would you say "grammar nazi" or "language nazi" >> with absence of word "nazi" so that it still has same effect and >> doesn't sound dull? >> >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Bináris <wikipo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2018-08-13 18:35 GMT+02:00 Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Is that >>>> what we turned into? From highly skilled developers and some of best >>>> experts in the field to a bunch of language nazis? >>>> >>> >>> Folks, please never use the word "nazi" for people in any context except >>> definitely stating they are nazis in the origonal meaning of the word. >>> Neither with prefixes or suffixes or in compositions. >>> I know you didn't want to say anything bad with that and many people use >>> this phrase, but to call somebody *any kind of a *nazi or comparing any >>> behaviour to nazis is much more abusive then to use the f word for a lot of >>> people in whose personal or local history nazis appear and play a role. >>> >>> This is not addressed to you, Petr. This is just an example, that people >>> deal with one thing and don't even notice the other one, and don't realize >>> the importance of this or that. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
