[Foundation-l] Think different

Tim Starling tstarling at wikimedia.org
Fri May 11 15:33:11 UTC 2007


Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> In English, "Free knowledge" has a nice double meaning, both of which
>> apply. But it probably won't translate.
> 
> The dual meaning of "free" doesn't translate into many languages, as
> far as I know.

I count 3 meanings when it's used alone like that, two adjectives and a verb.

Maybe every language could choose its own pun. That would just leave
Lojban out in the cold.

-- Tim Starling




More information about the foundation-l mailing list