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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?
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On 2025-10-27 03:17, c186282 wrote:
> On 10/26/25 09:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-10-26 02:19, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 10/25/25 18:03, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On 25 Oct 2025 12:49:55 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As a lot of new words comes from English, mostly in computer land
>>>>> but not only, French are using them because it's easier to adopt
>>>>> them than to coin new ones.
>>>>
>>>> You mean, nobody says “logiciel pour ordinateur” any more? ;)
>>>
>>>    Heh heh ... I remember back in the late 80s or so
>>>    during an "All French" wave of fanaticism they decided
>>>    to replace the word "satellite" with what was essentially
>>>    a full sentence-long description about made objects
>>>    lofted into orbits  :-)
>>>
>>>    "Satellite" or even "Sputnik" were a hell of a lot better,
>>>    but not FRENCH !
>>
>> What word is used for the Moon? It is a satellite.
> 
> 
>    But not a 'made thing' - natural - unless you
>    ask the UFO freaks ...

In Spanish and English both are satellites.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;