Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 3/18/25 6:54 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/03/2025 08:49, c186282 wrote:

On 3/17/25 5:57 PM, John Ames wrote:

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:42:23 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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Fun fact: “calque” is a loanword, lifted whole from the French. And
“loanword” is a calque, translated from the corresponding German
term, “Lehnwort”.

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Oh, that's marvelous XD

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   "English" is a 'pigeon' ... a glomming-together of
   languages from everybody who ever invaded or went
   to war with it.
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   That makes it weird and difficult - but also very
   versatile.
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   There was a time in the 80s where the "Pure French"
   movement insisted on local lang for everything. You
   may have to look it up, but their term for "satellite"
   was like a full sentence long  :-)
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In Welsh, if your tyres are flat you 'put wind in your wheels'
There is no word for screwdriver in Zulu.

    "Wind in the wheels" has a romantic sound ... it
   evokes both the physical AND 'travel'.
    Now how DO you ask a Zulu to hand you a screwdriver ??? :-)