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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: terminology

terminology stories: 4 news summaries

 Après Le Deluge: 
 French Battle 
 Anglo Terms 
 in Web Age 

Experts struggle to create equivalents for terms like 'cloud computing'

Oct 14, 09 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defenders of the French language are fighting a rear-guard action against a flood of Anglo-Saxon computing terms. In a process that lags far behind advances in technology, experts are tasked with finding French equivalents for new computing technology. The terms must then be passed by a panel of linguists and... More »

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Internet • France • language • translation • terminology • foreign languages • computing • French

Clerks too Busy to Resurrect 'Bride', 'Groom'

Local officials ask
Calif. to wait 'til after election for change

Oct 14, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A civil servants group in California has asked the state for a delay in restoring the words “bride” and “groom” as an option on marriage licenses because clerks are too swamped with election preparations to update the forms, reports the New York Times. The group has “no... More »

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California • gay marriage • terminology • Proposition 8

Who Are You Calling 'Devil Dog'?

Marines now balk at WWI nickname once
used with pride

Apr 28, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once used with pride, the Marines moniker "Devil Dog" now has a nasty bite to it, the Marine Corps Times reports. Young Marines recoil at the term that troops earned by fighting off Germans in a bloody World War I battle. They say it reminds them of angry COs:... More »

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military • officer • Marine • military training • terminology

Opinion

Journo Picks Up Clinton's Spin

AP scribe renames
'superdelegates' and becomes 'messenger' for campaign: pundit

Mar 16, 08 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AP described superdelegates as "automatic delegates" in a story last night, just as the Clinton camp asked—and turned the news service into a spin "messenger," Josh Marshall writes on the Talking Points Memo blog. The campaign wants superdelegates to sound less privileged in case they... More »

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Hillary Clinton • journalism • journalist • Associated Press • political spin • superdelegates • Election 2008 • automatic delegates • terminology

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