Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 18, 2020 20:13 UTC (Thu) by SPYFF (subscriber, #131114)
In reply to: Loaded terms in free software by Cyberax
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software

They have exactly as much right to do that.

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Ferenc Fejes

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 18, 2020 20:42 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

Again, I'm not disputing this. If Germans massively oppose the term "leader" then we should start steering away from it. But as I understand (and German speakers can correct me), pretty much nobody is actually bothered by the term "leader".

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 18, 2020 20:49 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] (1 responses)

Correct – we are not.

The English word for "Führer" isn't "leader" (or "guide" or …) any more; since WWII, it's "führer" (or "fuhrer" for umlaut-challenged people). You don't call the write side of your database that either.

Loaded terms in free software

Posted Jun 19, 2020 8:58 UTC (Fri) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link]

i'm not a german native speaker, but if i remember things correctly, anyone using the word “führer” as a translation for “leader” would do that in bad faith; especially that there's always “leiter” around the corner.