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Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?

Started byAnssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi>
First post2025-10-07 16:07 +0300
Last post2025-10-12 12:10 +0100
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  Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-10-07 16:07 +0300
    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-07 14:39 +0100
    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-07 22:52 +0000
    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-08 01:35 -0400
      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-08 10:53 +0200
        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-08 21:06 +0000
          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-09 21:25 +0200
            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-09 21:45 +0000
              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:41 -0400
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 09:21 +0200
                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-10 13:21 +0000
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-10 21:15 +0200
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-10 21:53 +0000
                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:46 -0400
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 02:38 -0400
        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 02:09 -0400
          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-09 18:52 +0000
            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-09 21:33 -0400
              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-11 15:10 +0000
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-11 17:48 +0000
                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-11 19:01 +0000
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-11 19:08 +0000
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-11 19:32 +0000
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:29 -0400
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-12 11:07 +0000
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-13 09:06 -0700
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-10-18 16:24 +0000
                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-18 21:02 +0000
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-19 01:36 +0000
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-19 13:39 +0200
                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-20 02:10 +0000
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-20 05:36 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-20 02:33 -0400
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-20 02:31 -0400
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-20 19:21 +0000
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-19 12:17 +0000
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-19 02:22 +0000
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-19 04:28 -0400
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-19 11:19 +0100
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 09:20 -0700
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-25 12:49 +0000
                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-25 16:45 +0100
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-25 22:16 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 01:51 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-26 04:40 +0000
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 08:42 +0000
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-26 09:11 +0000
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 10:06 +0000
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 19:25 +0000
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-26 19:48 +0100
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-26 21:29 +0000
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-27 00:44 +0100
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-26 00:57 -0400
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 07:14 +0000
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 11:05 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-26 02:00 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-26 11:02 +0000
                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-25 22:03 +0000
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-25 21:19 -0400
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 01:50 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-26 04:40 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-26 14:52 +0100
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 19:06 +0000
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-26 20:29 +0100
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-26 21:22 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-26 22:17 -0400
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-27 10:09 +0100
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-27 21:23 +0000
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-28 00:47 +0100
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-28 00:27 +0000
                                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-28 07:45 +0000
                                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-28 23:05 +0000
                                              Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-28 13:46 +0100
                                                Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-28 18:47 +0000
                                                  Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-28 20:21 +0000
                                                    Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-28 23:46 +0100
                                                    Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-29 01:41 +0000
                                                      Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-29 11:07 +0000
                                                      Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-29 18:47 +0000
                                                        Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-29 22:15 +0000
                                                        Re: Accents. Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2025-10-30 17:29 +0000
                                                          Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-30 17:31 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-30 19:31 +0000
                                                              Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-30 20:14 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-30 20:11 +0000
                                                          Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-30 20:10 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:35 +0100
                                                              Re: Accents. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-10-30 21:40 +0000
                                                              Re: Accents. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-30 15:18 -0700
                                                                Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 03:17 +0000
                                                                  Re: Accents. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-30 21:46 -0700
                                                                    Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 19:25 +0000
                                                                      LED lights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:38 +0100
                                                                        Re: LED lights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-01 20:50 -0400
                                                                          Re: LED lights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 11:14 +0000
                                                                          Re: LED lights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-02 15:41 +0100
                                                                          Re: LED lights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 19:57 +0000
                                                                            Re: LED lights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-03 00:12 +0000
                                                                              Re: LED lights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 02:38 +0100
                                                                                Re: LED lights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-03 00:19 -0500
                                                                                  Re: LED lights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-03 07:03 +0000
                                                                                    Re: LED lights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-03 14:20 -0500
                                                                                      Re: LED lights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 20:02 +0000
                                                                                        Re: LED lights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-04 04:42 +0000
                                                                                          Re: LED lights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 02:31 -0500
                                                                                Re: LED lights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 10:16 +0000
                                                                        Re: LED lights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 01:51 +0000
                                                                          Re: LED lights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-02 15:48 +0100
                                                                            Re: LED lights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 19:42 +0000
                                                                              Re: LED lights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-02 21:33 +0100
                                                              Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-30 22:21 +0000
                                                              Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 04:59 +0000
                                                                Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-31 14:41 +0100
                                                                  Re: Accents. John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-31 08:56 -0700
                                                                  Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 19:53 +0000
                                                                    Re: Accents. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-31 19:02 -0700
                                                                      Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 02:52 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-01 05:32 +0000
                                                                          Re: Accents. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-19 19:19 +0000
                                                                            TV tropes (was: Re: Accents.) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-20 11:01 +0000
                                                                              Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-20 13:10 +0100
                                                                                Re: TV tropes Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-20 17:57 +0000
                                                                                  Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-20 21:28 +0100
                                                                                  Re: TV tropes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 02:10 +0000
                                                                                    Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 13:14 +0100
                                                                              Re: TV tropes Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 02:09 +0000
                                                                                Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-21 07:41 +0000
                                                                                  Re: TV tropes Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-21 09:00 +0000
                                                                                  Re: TV tropes The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-21 09:13 +0000
                                                                                    Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 13:17 +0100
                                                                                    Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-21 19:28 +0000
                                                                                      Re: TV tropes "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 20:43 +0100
                                                                                        Re: TV tropes The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-21 23:00 +0000
                                                                                        Re: TV tropes rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-22 04:06 +0000
                                                                        Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:24 +0100
                                                                          Re: Not Blade Runner Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 19:57 +0000
                                                                    Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:22 +0100
                                                                      Re: Blade runner rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 01:22 +0000
                                                                        Re: Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-02 15:50 +0100
                                                                          Re: Blade runner rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 19:20 +0000
                                                                            Re: Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-02 21:34 +0100
                                                                              Re: Blade runner rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-03 02:47 +0000
                                                                                Re: Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 13:05 +0100
                                                                                  Re: Blade runner rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-03 20:04 +0000
                                                                                    Re: Blade runner c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-03 15:40 -0500
                                                                                      Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 22:30 +0100
                                                                                        Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-03 17:48 -0500
                                                                                          Re: Flashlights Ian <gay@sfuu.ca> - 2025-11-03 20:26 -0800
                                                                                            Re: Flashlights Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-11-04 04:55 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 02:35 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-11-05 03:44 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 01:05 -0500
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-05 13:20 +0100
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:08 -0500
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-05 16:33 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-05 20:37 +0100
                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:26 -0500
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-06 11:56 +0100
                                                                                                            Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-06 18:42 +0000
                                                                                                              Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-06 17:30 -0500
                                                                                                                Re: Flashlights candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-11-07 16:20 +0000
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-07 18:11 +0000
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-07 18:50 +0000
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-07 22:42 +0100
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-07 21:08 -0500
                                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-08 13:31 +0100
                                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-08 16:05 +0000
                                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-08 20:06 +0000
                                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-09 00:04 -0500
                                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-09 20:08 +0000
                                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-10 00:41 -0500
                                                                                                                            Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-10 12:07 +0000
                                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2025-11-09 19:05 -0500
                                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-10 00:58 -0500
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:12 -0500
                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-06 05:09 +0000
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-06 01:31 -0500
                                                                                                            Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-06 18:39 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-04 07:51 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 02:19 -0500
                                                                                              Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-04 09:55 +0000
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 18:16 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-21 20:39 +0100
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-21 22:54 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-21 23:52 -0500
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-21 23:32 -0500
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 06:49 +0000
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-22 03:14 -0500
                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 11:32 +0000
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-22 22:00 +0000
                                                                                                            Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-23 02:35 -0500
                                                                                                              Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-23 09:40 +0000
                                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-23 20:15 +0000
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-23 22:10 -0500
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-23 01:42 -0500
                                                                                                            Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-23 22:09 +0100
                                                                                                              Re: Flashlights Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-24 02:17 +0000
                                                                                                                Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-23 22:19 -0500
                                                                                                              Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-23 21:58 -0500
                                                                                                                Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-24 20:28 +0100
                                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-24 15:04 -0800
                                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-24 22:48 -0500
                                                                                                                    Chemical photography "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-25 07:59 +0100
                                                                                                                      Re: Chemical photography c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-25 03:43 -0500
                                                                                                                        Re: Chemical photography "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-25 09:59 +0100
                                                                                                                          Re: Chemical photography Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-25 10:14 -0800
                                                                                                                            Re: Chemical photography "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-25 19:38 +0100
                                                                                                                              Re: Chemical photography Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-25 10:54 -0800
                                                                                                                            Re: Chemical photography rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-25 18:58 +0000
                                                                                                                              Re: Chemical photography Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-25 19:12 +0000
                                                                                                                                Re: Chemical photography "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-25 20:32 +0100
                                                                                                                              Re: Chemical photography "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-25 20:31 +0100
                                                                                              Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-04 11:28 +0100
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-04 11:15 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 13:27 -0500
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-04 19:37 +0100
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 21:12 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 13:22 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-04 20:52 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-04 21:23 -0500
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-05 13:23 +0100
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:10 -0500
                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-06 12:05 +0100
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-06 17:21 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-05 07:21 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 03:54 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-21 18:20 +0000
                                                                                            Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-04 09:52 +0000
                                                                                              Re: Flashlights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-05 07:21 +0000
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 03:17 -0500
                                                                                                Re: Flashlights The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-05 11:54 +0000
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-05 16:41 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:16 -0500
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-05 22:22 +0000
                                                                                                    Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 22:41 -0500
                                                                                                      Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-06 12:10 +0100
                                                                                                        Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-06 17:24 -0500
                                                                                                          Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-07 02:44 +0100
                                                                                                  Re: Flashlights c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-05 21:53 -0500
                                                                                          Re: Flashlights "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-04 11:12 +0100
                                                                                    Re: Blade runner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 23:14 +0100
                                                                    Re: Accents. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-11-19 19:01 +0000
                                                                  Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 23:19 +0000
                                                                    Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-01 05:33 +0000
                                                                    Blade runner. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:29 +0100
                                                                      Re: Blade runner. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 19:56 +0000
                                                                        Re: Blade runner. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-01 21:38 -0400
                                                                  Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:31 +0100
                                                                Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 19:48 +0000
                                                                Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-31 22:45 +0000
                                                                  Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 23:22 +0000
                                                        Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:33 +0100
                                                          Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 22:20 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-30 23:36 +0100
                                                              Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 04:51 +0000
                                                                Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-31 14:48 +0100
                                                                  Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 15:03 +0000
                                                                    Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 20:15 +0000
                                                                      Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-01 11:15 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 00:39 +0000
                                                                    Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-31 23:26 +0000
                                                                      Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:44 +0100
                                                                        Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:05 +0000
                                                                          Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 00:54 +0000
                                                                            Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 11:15 +0000
                                                                              Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 19:02 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-01 20:10 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 00:49 +0000
                                                                          Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 11:13 +0000
                                                                            Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 18:48 +0000
                                                                              Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 10:12 +0000
                                                                                Re: Accents. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-03 20:04 +0000
                                                                                  Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-04 04:28 +0000
                                                                              Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 13:11 +0100
                                                                                Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 12:26 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-11-03 09:17 -0800
                                                                    Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 14:42 +0100
                                                                  Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 20:01 +0000
                                                                    Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-01 11:15 +0000
                                                                      Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 00:33 +0000
                                                                        Re: Accents. Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> - 2025-11-01 20:43 -0700
                                                                          Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-11-02 19:30 +0000
                                                                            Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-03 02:21 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 03:47 +0000
                                                          Re: Accents. Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-10-30 22:48 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 03:58 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 08:25 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 20:09 +0100
                                                          Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 03:29 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-10-30 21:50 -0700
                                                              Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 08:28 +0000
                                                              Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 19:29 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-31 08:27 +0000
                                                              Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-31 19:41 +0000
                                                                Re: Accents. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-31 22:45 +0000
                                                                  Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-01 05:36 +0000
                                                            Re: Accents. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-01 20:11 +0100
                                                              Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-02 00:59 +0000
                                                Re: Accents. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-28 18:54 +0000
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-28 09:34 +0000
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-10-26 13:53 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-10-26 15:40 +0100
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-26 19:11 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-11-02 14:03 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-26 22:20 -0400
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-27 08:29 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-11-02 14:11 +0000
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 14:15 +0000
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-03 02:37 +0100
                                          OT -xRe: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-02 18:49 -0800
                                            Re: OT -xRe: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-11-03 06:54 +0000
                                              Re: OT -xRe: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-11-03 08:19 -0800
                                            Re: OT -xRe: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-03 10:18 +0000
                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-27 09:34 -0700
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-27 21:26 +0000
                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-19 03:36 -0400
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-11 19:31 +0000
                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-12 01:33 +0000
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-11 22:52 +0200
                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-11 22:48 +0000
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-12 02:43 +0200
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:12 +0100
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-11 22:02 -0400
                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-12 06:39 +0000
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-12 02:59 -0400
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-12 19:20 +0000
                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-10-13 16:50 +0000
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-13 18:38 +0100
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-14 01:38 -0400
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-14 01:45 -0400
                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:17 +0100
                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-13 03:28 +0000
                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-13 03:41 -0400
                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-13 10:20 +0100
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-13 11:55 +0200
                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-13 21:56 +0000
                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-14 00:35 +0000
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-14 01:21 -0400
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-14 06:56 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-14 17:20 +0000
                                    Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-14 20:01 -0400
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-10-15 05:36 +0000
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-15 03:33 -0400
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-15 21:18 +0000
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 02:24 -0400
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-15 06:31 +0000
                                      Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-15 09:00 -0700
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-15 21:24 +0000
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-15 15:11 -0700
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 02:27 -0400
                                            Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-10-16 07:22 +0000
                                              Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-17 22:24 -0400
                                                Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-18 20:08 +0200
                                                  Re: Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?] c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-19 04:15 -0400
                                                    Re: Lazarus [Was: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work?] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-19 13:46 +0200
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-16 04:36 +0000
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-16 10:29 -0700
                                        Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 01:49 -0400
                                          Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-10-16 15:43 -0700
                                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-10-14 21:30 +0000
                                  Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-14 22:11 +0000
                Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:10 +0100

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#75950

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-10-11 19:01 +0000
Message-ID<mkvnt4FdgtdU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#75947
On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>
>>>    Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>    JAVASCRIPT ........
>>
>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>> scripting language.
> 
> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.  It's usually in
> the context of babies, toilet training, etc. - but it makes a nice
> enough fit that I just might start saying "cacascript" myself.

It does retail the original syllabic pattern better than merdescript. That 
word does work rather well for Lake Merde though, to match lake Foul.

The question is if anyone in the real world calls it ECMAScript?

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#75952

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2025-10-11 19:08 +0000
Message-ID<RWxGQ.75945$D_Tb.26022@fx47.iad>
In reply to#75950
On 2025-10-11, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>    Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>>    JAVASCRIPT ........
>>>
>>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>>> scripting language.
>> 
>> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.  It's usually in
>> the context of babies, toilet training, etc. - but it makes a nice
>> enough fit that I just might start saying "cacascript" myself.
>
> It does retail the original syllabic pattern better than merdescript. That 
> word does work rather well for Lake Merde though, to match lake Foul.
>
> The question is if anyone in the real world calls it ECMAScript?

That sounds like a painful skin disease.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#75954

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-11 19:32 +0000
Message-ID<10cebd0$10h1p$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#75952
On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:08:33 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

>> The question is if anyone in the real world calls it ECMAScript?
> 
> That sounds like a painful skin disease.

I wonder if the Noxzema cosmetics company uses it ...

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#75977

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-10-11 22:29 -0400
Message-ID<W-WcnRZsBfQ5j3b1nZ2dnZfqnPhj4p2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#75952
On 10/11/25 15:08, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-10-11, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>     Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>>>     JAVASCRIPT ........
>>>>
>>>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>>>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>>>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>>>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>>>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>>>> scripting language.
>>>
>>> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.  It's usually in
>>> the context of babies, toilet training, etc. - but it makes a nice
>>> enough fit that I just might start saying "cacascript" myself.
>>
>> It does retail the original syllabic pattern better than merdescript. That
>> word does work rather well for Lake Merde though, to match lake Foul.
>>
>> The question is if anyone in the real world calls it ECMAScript?
> 
> That sounds like a painful skin disease.


   ICKmasScript would be more appropriate  :-)

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#75992

FromStéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
Date2025-10-12 11:07 +0000
Message-ID<68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr>
In reply to#75950
Le 11-10-2025, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>    Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>>    JAVASCRIPT ........
>>>
>>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>>> scripting language.
>> 
>> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.

I didn't knew that. 

>> It's usually in the context of babies, toilet training, etc. 

It looks like it's something similar in French. The exact translation of
shit in French is merde. Which is at the same time the designation of
shit and everything that's related to it even if very loosely. Like a
shitty situation, would be "une situation merdique" in French. But, it
would have the same issue for designing javascript.

>> - but it makes a nice
>> enough fit that I just might start saying "cacascript" myself.
>
> It does retail the original syllabic pattern better than merdescript.

Exactly. The use of merdescript like shitscript would loose the relation
implying it speaks explicitly about javascript and not about any
scripting language. The use of cacascript dosen't sound like a childish
way to avoid the use of a slang term. It's obvious it's mandatory to
keep the relation.

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#76065

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-10-13 09:06 -0700
Message-ID<20251013090622.000067b0@gmail.com>
In reply to#75992
On 12 Oct 2025 11:07:46 GMT
Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:

> >> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.  
> 
> I didn't knew that.

English *loves* to appropriate swear words from other languages. We
have so many to choose from as a result that they've acquired a kind of
informal scale-of-rudeness; even a comically innocent thing like
"poppycock" is derived from the Dutch for "soft dung."

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#76314

FromRich <rich@example.invalid>
Date2025-10-18 16:24 +0000
Message-ID<10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#75992
Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
> Le 11-10-2025, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>>    Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>>>    JAVASCRIPT ........
>>>>
>>>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>>>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>>>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>>>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>>>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>>>> scripting language.
>>> 
>>> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.
> 
> I didn't knew that. 

English has borrowed many words from many other languages, French 
included.  "Caca" is likely an example of on that English has borrowed 
from French.

English meaning is the same as in French:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caca

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#76332

FromStéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
Date2025-10-18 21:02 +0000
Message-ID<68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr>
In reply to#76314
Le 18-10-2025, Rich <rich@example.invalid> a écrit :
> Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>> Le 11-10-2025, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
>>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:48:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-10-11, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Le 10-10-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>>    Yea, great, half a zillion lines of HTML, PHP and fuckin'
>>>>>>    JAVASCRIPT ........
>>>>>
>>>>> You remind me of a good example of a difficult thing to translate. In
>>>>> French, I'm calling javascript: cacascript. Because in French caca
>>>>> means shit. So any French speaker reading/hearing cacascript can
>>>>> understand it's shit designing javascript. I have no idea how it could
>>>>> be translated in English because shitscript could be understood as any
>>>>> scripting language.
>>>> 
>>>> We sometimes use "caca" to mean "shit" in English too.
>> 
>> I didn't knew that. 
>
> English has borrowed many words from many other languages,

That, I know. For a fact, it's not limited to English. Every language
which is existing and which has ever existed on earth has borrowed words
for other languages.

> French included.

That, I know, too. Since I was born, I hear people afraid of the number
of English words finding their way into French. But, it's only since a
few years that I discovered how it works in the other way. I mean, I
knew that not a so long time ago French had the same status English has
today. But since a few years, reading not translated English authors, I
can see that more French words find their way in English than what I
knew. But...

> "Caca" is likely an example of on that English has borrowed 
> from French.

...that doesn't mean I knew that this particular word had found his way
into English. For example, some words/expressions like "à propos" and
"et voilà". The funniest of them, for me, being "nom de plume". I have
no clue about how it came into English because when I saw it in English
texts, I was wondering. I mean, nobody in France was using those French
words in this way. And now, I'm starting to see them in French texts,
which clearly, to me, is an example of French words being used in French
texts because they started to be used in English texts. And that's a
real wonder to me.

> English meaning is the same as in French:
>
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caca

Really: I wasn't doubting that. I was only stating the fact that I
didn't knew that.

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#76335

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-19 01:36 +0000
Message-ID<10d1fah$26iq3$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#76332
On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> Since I was born, I hear people afraid of the number of English
> words finding their way into French.

English was born out of, not one, but at least two separate episodes
of hybridization/bastardization.

The original Anglo-Saxon (“Old English”) was born out of a patois
created by the Germanic peoples and the Danes in old Angle-land, so
that they could understand each other. They had a lot of words in
common, but the inflection systems were different. So to avoid
confusion, they dropped (most of) the inflections altogether, and used
prepositions instead.

Then a few centuries later this acquired a layer of Norman French (to
become “Middle English”), courtesy of William the Conqueror and his
mates coming in and taking over the country. They were immigrants in
France (Normandy) themselves, being only about third-generation
descended from Vikings who were given land by the king of France to
stop them looting and pillaging his country.

The next stage was “Modern English”, which dates from roughly William
Shakespeare’s time (yes, his language is considered “modern”, compared
to what came before). That evolution was not from outside invaders,
but more from picking up a wide range of international influences
through cultural links and trade.

> But, it's only since a few years that I discovered how it works in
> the other way. I mean, I knew that not a so long time ago French had
> the same status English has today.

French was, and to some extent still is, the language of international
diplomacy. This is why you see so many French words/phrases
specifically used to refer to the functions of embassies and their
staff: “attache”, “chef de mission”, “charge d’affaires” etc.

Science-fiction writer Poul Anderson once wrote an essay (“Uncleftish
Beholding”) as a school-level introduction to the basics of atomic
theory. Only he wrote it using only words from Old English, assuming
the subsequent conquests/evolutions had never happened, so the
original Anglo-Saxon words had to be adapted as the basis for the
scientific terms, instead of Latin, Greek, German etc as we actually
do. You can read it here
<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ>.

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#76372

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-10-19 13:39 +0200
Message-ID<s8veslxk26.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#76335
On 2025-10-19 03:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> 

...

>> But, it's only since a few years that I discovered how it works in
>> the other way. I mean, I knew that not a so long time ago French had
>> the same status English has today.
> 
> French was, and to some extent still is, the language of international
> diplomacy. This is why you see so many French words/phrases
> specifically used to refer to the functions of embassies and their
> staff: “attache”, “chef de mission”, “charge d’affaires” etc.
> 
> Science-fiction writer Poul Anderson once wrote an essay (“Uncleftish
> Beholding”) as a school-level introduction to the basics of atomic
> theory. Only he wrote it using only words from Old English, assuming
> the subsequent conquests/evolutions had never happened, so the
> original Anglo-Saxon words had to be adapted as the basis for the
> scientific terms, instead of Latin, Greek, German etc as we actually
> do. You can read it here
> <https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ>.

No, I can't! :-D  I need a lot of notes, many words I don't get.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#76396

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2025-10-20 02:10 +0000
Message-ID<10d45nj$2tfd6$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#76372
On Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:39:40 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-10-19 03:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> Science-fiction writer Poul Anderson once wrote an essay
>> (“Uncleftish Beholding”) as a school-level introduction to the
>> basics of atomic theory. Only he wrote it using only words from Old
>> English, assuming the subsequent conquests/evolutions had never
>> happened, so the original Anglo-Saxon words had to be adapted as
>> the basis for the scientific terms, instead of Latin, Greek, German
>> etc as we actually do. You can read it here
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ>.
>
> No, I can't! :-D  I need a lot of notes, many words I don't get.

There’s probably a full translation somewhere. Just a few random clues
I can remember:

* worldken -- science
* firststuff -- chemical element
* uncleft -- atom (cannot be cleft, i.e. divided)
* bernstone -- I think this is amber, by analogy with the fact that
  “electron” comes from the Greek word for “amber”. So “forward
  bernstonish lading” is “postive electric charge”, “backwardladen”
  being “negatively charged”.
* neitherbit -- neutron
* sunstuff -- helium
* sourstuff -- oxygen (c.f. German “sauerstoff”)
* minglingken -- chemistry?
* stuff -- matter
* work -- energy
* “Nor are stuff and work unakin. Rather, they are groundwise the
  same, and one can be shifted into the other. The kinship between
  them is that work is like unto weight manifolded by the fourside of
  the haste of light.” -- E = mc² (“fourside” = “square”)

I think, given the Germanic core of Old English, somebody who knows
German might have a better chance of guessing at the meanings of words
...

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#76401

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-10-20 05:36 +0000
Message-ID<mlm025F8pfpU5@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#76396
On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:10:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> * sourstuff -- oxygen (c.f. German “sauerstoff”)

fwiw hydrogen is Wasserstoff. Makes perfect sense. Burn hydrogen and you 
get water. No need to get fancy and involve the Greeks. iirc Strunk & 
White said to use good Anglo-Saxon words and avoid the fancy stuff.

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#76408

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-10-20 02:33 -0400
Message-ID<unGdnYT3CadQSmj1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#76401
On 10/20/25 01:36, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:10:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> * sourstuff -- oxygen (c.f. German “sauerstoff”)
> 
> fwiw hydrogen is Wasserstoff. Makes perfect sense. Burn hydrogen and you
> get water. No need to get fancy and involve the Greeks. iirc Strunk &
> White said to use good Anglo-Saxon words and avoid the fancy stuff.

   KISS - best policy.

   Of course if you get your paycheck from
   over-complication .....

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#76407

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-10-20 02:31 -0400
Message-ID<unGdnYX3CafUSmj1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#76396
On 10/19/25 22:10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:39:40 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-10-19 03:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> Science-fiction writer Poul Anderson once wrote an essay
>>> (“Uncleftish Beholding”) as a school-level introduction to the
>>> basics of atomic theory. Only he wrote it using only words from Old
>>> English, assuming the subsequent conquests/evolutions had never
>>> happened, so the original Anglo-Saxon words had to be adapted as
>>> the basis for the scientific terms, instead of Latin, Greek, German
>>> etc as we actually do. You can read it here
>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ>.
>>
>> No, I can't! :-D  I need a lot of notes, many words I don't get.
> 
> There’s probably a full translation somewhere. Just a few random clues
> I can remember:
> 
> * worldken -- science
> * firststuff -- chemical element
> * uncleft -- atom (cannot be cleft, i.e. divided)
> * bernstone -- I think this is amber, by analogy with the fact that
>    “electron” comes from the Greek word for “amber”. So “forward
>    bernstonish lading” is “postive electric charge”, “backwardladen”
>    being “negatively charged”.
> * neitherbit -- neutron
> * sunstuff -- helium
> * sourstuff -- oxygen (c.f. German “sauerstoff”)
> * minglingken -- chemistry?
> * stuff -- matter
> * work -- energy
> * “Nor are stuff and work unakin. Rather, they are groundwise the
>    same, and one can be shifted into the other. The kinship between
>    them is that work is like unto weight manifolded by the fourside of
>    the haste of light.” -- E = mc² (“fourside” = “square”)
> 
> I think, given the Germanic core of Old English, somebody who knows
> German might have a better chance of guessing at the meanings of words
> 

   The guy WAS ultra-smart ... however THAT take on
   things was just WEIRD.

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#76429

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-10-20 19:21 +0000
Message-ID<mlnge6Fgob9U5@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#76407
On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:31:36 -0400, c186282 wrote:


>    The guy WAS ultra-smart ... however THAT take on things was just
>    WEIRD.

I recently got an Anderson collection as an ebook. One of the first 
stories is from the early '50s. A guy invents a very efficient battery, 
for lack of a better word, that can be inexpensively produced from common 
materials. One of the first uses is the neighborhood hot rodder who sets 
up a cottage industry converting cars to electric motors. The technology 
solves many other problems involving electrical energy storage. The story 
does not end well.

His wife was no slouch either. Her solo works never got as much exposure 
but several of the stories in the book were collaborations.

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#76377

FromStéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
Date2025-10-19 12:17 +0000
Message-ID<68f4d6c4$0$12928$426a74cc@news.free.fr>
In reply to#76335
Le 19-10-2025, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit :
> On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> But, it's only since a few years that I discovered how it works in
>> the other way. I mean, I knew that not a so long time ago French had
>> the same status English has today.
>
> French was, and to some extent still is, the language of international
> diplomacy. 

One day, I'll live in theory because in theory, everything happens as
expected.

Yes, it was true. I mean, in theory, it's still the case, in practice,
well, I'm not yet living in theory.

> This is why you see so many French words/phrases specifically used to
> refer to the functions of embassies and their staff: “attache”, “chef
> de mission”, “charge d’affaires” etc.

I really believe those words/phrases came when French was still the
lingua franca of the world. Not so long ago, French was still used in
the English and in the Russian courts. But not anymore.

> Science-fiction writer Poul Anderson once wrote an essay (“Uncleftish
> Beholding”) as a school-level introduction to the basics of atomic
> theory. Only he wrote it using only words from Old English, assuming
> the subsequent conquests/evolutions had never happened, so the
> original Anglo-Saxon words had to be adapted as the basis for the
> scientific terms, instead of Latin, Greek, German etc as we actually
> do. You can read it here
><https://groups.google.com/g/alt.language.artificial/c/ZL4e3fD7eW0/m/_7p8bKwLJWkJ>.

Well, I could read it, but to understand it would be another matter.

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#76339

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2025-10-19 02:22 +0000
Message-ID<mlj0aiFnjprU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#76332
On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> That, I know, too. Since I was born, I hear people afraid of the number
> of English words finding their way into French. But, it's only since a
> few years that I discovered how it works in the other way. I mean, I
> knew that not a so long time ago French had the same status English has
> today. But since a few years, reading not translated English authors, I
> can see that more French words find their way in English than what I
> knew. But...

iirc in Dostoevsky's satire, 'The Demons' (or 'The Possessed' or 'The 
Devils') some of the characters salt their speech with French phrases to 
show how hip and Western they are.

Quebec French words found their way into the states bordering Quebec. Many 
people in that area either go out of their way to mispronounce them or 
don't have a clue about the French pronunciation.

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#76356

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2025-10-19 04:28 -0400
Message-ID<kY-cnTH8wb6GPGn1nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#76339
On 10/18/25 22:22, rbowman wrote:
> On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> 
>> That, I know, too. Since I was born, I hear people afraid of the number
>> of English words finding their way into French. But, it's only since a
>> few years that I discovered how it works in the other way. I mean, I
>> knew that not a so long time ago French had the same status English has
>> today. But since a few years, reading not translated English authors, I
>> can see that more French words find their way in English than what I
>> knew. But...
> 
> iirc in Dostoevsky's satire, 'The Demons' (or 'The Possessed' or 'The
> Devils') some of the characters salt their speech with French phrases to
> show how hip and Western they are.
> 
> Quebec French words found their way into the states bordering Quebec. Many
> people in that area either go out of their way to mispronounce them or
> don't have a clue about the French pronunciation.


   Chomsky, though a terrible commie, WAS largely
   right about the linguistics involved.

   Static languages DIE. They have to evolve.

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#76358

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2025-10-19 11:19 +0100
Message-ID<10d2dvm$2dnk0$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#76339
On 19/10/2025 03:22, rbowman wrote:
> iirc in Dostoevsky's satire, 'The Demons' (or 'The Possessed' or 'The
> Devils') some of the characters salt their speech with French phrases to
> show how hip and Western they are.
> 
> Quebec French words found their way into the states bordering Quebec. Many
> people in that area either go out of their way to mispronounce them or
> don't have a clue about the French pronunciation.

In England French was always the second language of the upper classes 
which was handy if you wanted to say something 'pas devant les 
domestiques...'.

Juts as Latin was handy for edicated people to communicate in without 
frightening the plebs.


-- 
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, 
diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
― Groucho Marx

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#76421

FromJohn Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Date2025-10-20 09:20 -0700
Message-ID<20251020092029.000020b3@gmail.com>
In reply to#76332
On 18 Oct 2025 21:02:59 GMT
Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:

> ...that doesn't mean I knew that this particular word had found his
> way into English. For example, some words/expressions like "à propos"
> and "et voilà". The funniest of them, for me, being "nom de plume". I
> have no clue about how it came into English because when I saw it in
> English texts, I was wondering. I mean, nobody in France was using
> those French words in this way.

I'd be interested to know for sure, but I'd bet that any such - what
would you call that, 'frankicisms?' - in English that don't reflect
normal French usage stem from French retaining cultural cachet in the
Anglophone world 'til well into the first half of the 20th century,
even after it was no longer the global lingua franca.

"Nom de plume," f'rexample, is cited by Wiktionary as being coined in
English by analogy to "nom de guerre," which *is* a native French
expression. English does use the literal rendering "pen name" more
commonly, but the French version still sees use essentially because it
"sounds cool" to deploy foreign words - the same reason you see
gratuitous (and frequently nonsensical) English in Japanese media.

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