--- "Matt M." <matt_mcl(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
way, we write
"fran�ais" for the language and
"Fran�ais" for the french man. These two words are
absolutely not interchangeable. That's both
grammar
flaw and countrycentrism.
�a me semble que dans une liste on devrait mettre
une majuscule comme �a:
- Anglais
- Fran�ais
- Espagnol
- Latin
- Esp�ranto
n'est-ce pas?
Et non !
Apr�s un "-" ou tiret, les r�gles typographiques de
langue fran�aise indiquent que la minuscule est de
r�gle
ex
Les articles seront en :
- anglais;
- fran�ais;
- espagnol;
- latin;
- esp�ranto.
De m�me qu'� l'int�rieur d'un paragraphe de lignes
pleines :
ex
"Les langues de la communaut� wikip�dienne sont : 1�
l'anglais ; 2� le fran�ais; 3� le javanais"
Par contre, apr�s un num�ro ou une lettre de
classification, majuscule:
ex
Les langues suivantes sont utilis�es
1. Anglais;
2. Polonais;
3. Allemand.
LOL. Sorry (muttering excuses, I'll try not to do it
again)
Mais de toute fa�on, in English we try
not to say "the
Frenchman" if referring to an indefinite person;
that's sexist. We say "a
French person." But I don't think you were trying to
be sexist - all this to
say that we should cut each other a little slack
when dealing with languages
not their own.
Matt (Montrealais)
Montreal, Quebec
Yep. But we say canadien. pas personne canadienne.
I was not trying to be sexist *at all* (this time).
Just maybe indicating it was very common that french
langage was confused with french people, which would
be further increased by using a french person to
represent the langage.
NB : Suite � ton article sur non-sexist language, et �
un commentaire de Francis, j'ai d�cid� de favoriser
l'usage des tirets plut�t que des parenth�ses.
D�sormais, je parle des wikip�dien-ne-s plut�t que des
wikip�dien(ne)s. Francis pointed out putting females
in () had a pretty heavy meaning; while joining males
and females by a - had a whole different one. Makes
sense. Though hardly giving us more in reality :-)
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