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Jar-ptitsa
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Message 33 of 64

30 April 2009 at 10:46pm | IP Logged

In french, this stupid problem doesn't exists becasue the gender depend of the object (name in this case) NOT the
owner (man or woman).
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Olekander
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Message 34 of 64

30 April 2009 at 10:48pm | IP Logged

Da medved russki, ya khachu ckazat eto :).
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Jar-ptitsa
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Message 35 of 64

30 April 2009 at 10:49pm | IP Logged

Olekander wrote:

Desolé c'etait d'anglais tres "courant", c'est que que j'en ai marre du politiquement correct, ce
qui est souvent employé actuellement dans ce pays. Si tu veux parler un tempete, il faut comme meme utiliser "it's"
parce'il n'a pas de genre.

Je veux pas que tu comprennes ce que je t'ai ecrit en fait. C'etait un acces de colere, je m'excuse.

ok.
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Jar-ptitsa
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Message 36 of 64

30 April 2009 at 10:53pm | IP Logged

Russianbear wrote:

I think Olekander wanted to say the "his/her" construction tends to be awkward-sounding.
Instead of saying "nobody would want his/her name to be used", you can say "nobody would want their name to be
used".

ok. Thanks for the explanation.
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Toufik18
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Message 37 of 64

30 April 2009 at 10:55pm | IP Logged

Arabic :
إنفلونزا الخنازير (Inflwanza Al Khanazir) and the Kh is pronounced like in Stotich Loch

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Olekander
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Message 38 of 64

30 April 2009 at 11:07pm | IP Logged

إنفلونزا الخنازير
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TheBiscuit
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Message 39 of 64

30 April 2009 at 11:22pm | IP Logged

Jar-ptitsa wrote:

TheBiscuit wrote:

Calling it Mexican Flu is just ignorant, please don't propagate the use of it. I live in one of
the worst hit areas in Mexico, everything is closed, it's like doomsday when you go out. Yes, patient zero was
here but this is not the first outbreak of swine flu. Naming it after a country/continent is dumb on every
level.

No, not ignorant, but how flu was named during the history of this virus: the country of the begin. In your
opinion, Mexican Flu is ignorant, but Spanish Flu not or Asian Flu?

No, this outbreak of swine Flu is not the first, of course not. the outbreak of Spanish Flu in 1918 was not the first
outbreak of bird flu also.

Tell the ducth and flemish governments that it's dumb on every level: they officially named it "Mexicaanse
Griep". bad luck.

Spanish Flu, Asian Flu, Mexican Flu are all incredibly ignorant - check out the meaning of Asian:

of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture;

Considering the implications, it's not the most sensible name for any virus and very open to misinterpretation.
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jbbar
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Message 40 of 64

30 April 2009 at 11:53pm | IP Logged

Jar-ptitsa wrote:

In Flanders the name is Mexican Flu and in Wallonia Swine Flu. I think that swine flu's a bad name, and Mexican Flu
is better, or H1N1 the best one. This one's a mixture of swine, bird and human flu anyway, and it's usual that a bird
flu has to go via pigs for infect the humans. It's weird that in Egypt they killed many pigs, absolutely bizarre.

Not quite. I have seen and heard both Mexican Flu (Mexicaanse griep) and Swine Flu (varkensgriep) being used.

Personally, I find the usage of "Mexican" Flu to be quite nonsensical. The disease is Swine Flu, period. With all these new names it only gets things more confusing. Especially if you consider that Swine Flu, Avian FLu, Spanish Flu (etc) all pretty much come down to the same thing: the Influenza A virus spread by aquatic birds.

jbbar

Edited by jbbar on 01 May 2009 at 12:46am

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