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I'm no French nor English native speaker (I speak a bit of both, though) and don't understand that discussion for a name change. This reminds me of the issue w
by happy_path 6y ago
I'm no French nor English native speaker (I speak a bit of both, though) and don't understand that discussion for a name change.
This reminds me of the issue with the word "negro" (Spanish for black) in some schools of the USA. It seems some people couldn't understand that that word was there for centuries before the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Are we going to adapt every language to avoid negative connotations in English (or the common tongue of our era)? If you are an English speaker you should be used to pronounciation exceptions, being an almost no-rule pronunciation language. Pronounce it like you want ("coqi", "le coq" or whatever you want) but changing the name for all speakers (even the non-English ones)? That's a big no-no for me.
- Grustaf 6y agoYou will never understand these discussions if you take them at face value. There is almost always something else involved. Misdirection away from actual issues, people with too much time on their hands, people with an axe to grind or some other agenda.