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> what is actual and what is not Heh, off-topic, but this is one of my favourite "EU English"-isms: using actual to mean current. Completely understandable, g
by Vinnl 3y ago
> what is actual and what is not
Heh, off-topic, but this is one of my favourite "EU English"-isms: using actual to mean current.
Completely understandable, given how e.g. the Dutch translation of current is actueel (whereas the translation of actual is daadwerkelijk).
Anyway, maybe this is even helpful if a native speaker is confused :)
- Tomte 3y agoYes, first example in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English under Vocabulary.
- Vinnl 3y agoThank you! I've been trying to find [1] again, which I encountered ages ago, and this Wikipedia page got me back there. [1] https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOGY_PUBLICATION/EN_TERMINOLOGY_PUBLICATION.pdf https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOG...
- dzolob 3y agoIn spanish, current translates to actual.
- juangacovas 3y agoYep, I acquired the habit to write var names like "cur_thing" for "current thing", you know.
- Vinnl 3y agoYeah exactly, looks like it's mostly English that's weird. Translations of "current": - Danish: aktuel - Dutch: actueel - French: actuel - German: aktuell - Italian: attuale - Norwegian: aktuell - Polish: aktualny - Portuguese: atual - Romanian: actual - Spanish: actual Even Hungarian has aktuális! So using "actual" to mean "current" is basically just fixing English.