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As Fox aka (Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.) got acquired by Disney yesterday and is in the HN news. This news (Fox-IT) is about a completely different company f
by frik 9y ago
As Fox aka (Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.) got acquired by Disney yesterday and is in the HN news. This news (Fox-IT) is about a completely different company from another continent!
"Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox" (thewaltdisneycompany.com)
533 points by mxfh 23 hours ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15921692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15921692
Fox-IT is unrelated to Fox, so it's not the internal IT department of Fox. Fox-IT seems to be a company from Netherland.
@downvoters: what's your problem? I wasted 5min reading the news, until I found out that it's a minor known company, and not related to "Fox". And then I inform others on HN, but then I get downvotes, yeah right - toxic
- yesenadam 9y ago"Don't be snarky. ... Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading."
- donkeyd 9y agoYou get downvotes because of a probable combination of: - You comment this on a comment that already describes exactly what Fox-IT is. - You imply that anything that happens on another continent than yours is time "wasted". - Which in turn implies that all HN readers should be from the same continent that you are from. - There are many other companies with a name that contains Fox (pdf reader, apparel), this stuff happens. - You ask downvoters what their problem is. Which, from my experience is a very good way to get more downvotes. - The name of the country is the Netherlands, not Netherland.
- mcv 9y ago> The name of the country is the Netherlands, not Netherland. I disagree. I'm Dutch[0], and I find it stupid that English speakers always pluralise our country. We've been a unified country for quite some time now. Netherland is fine. [0] Yeah, "Dutch" is another one of those weird things that English inflicts on us. Why?
- nate_meurer 9y agoIt's cool that you're Dutch :) But "Netherland" is not an English word, and is likely to lead to a double-take in conversation, if not outright confusion. English, like all languages, retains a lot of legacy for a very good reason. Some changes are inevitable, but maintaining continuity is very useful in keeping the language readable in the future. As for the label "dutch", what do you propose for a substitute?
- ErikHuisman 9y agoNetherlander ;)
- nate_meurer 9y agoAs an adjective as well? As in, "Nederlander chocolate"?
- mcv 9y agoAges ago I saw someone propose Netherlandic. Similar to Icelandic.
- mcv 9y ago> But "Netherland" is not an English word, and is likely to lead to a double-take in conversation, if not outright confusion. It's not a word, it's the name of a country. Peking got changed to Beijing because it as more accurate, right? This is the same thing.
- broken_pipe 9y agoThe English version of "The Netherlands" is actually the correct way of saying our country's name (I'm Dutch as well). Look at your passport or ID card: It says "Koninkrijk Der Nederlanden" not "Koninkrijk der Nederland".
- the-dude 9y agoI am Dutch and I think you are wrong. The Netherlands ( English, plural ) Niederlande ( German, plural ) Les Pays Bas ( French, plural ) The Netherlands -> "The low lands" -> Plural edit: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlanden https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlanden ( plural, it was a republic once )