I'm generally fascinated by how pluralization works in other languages - many are far more complex than English. For example, Welsh has rules for 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, and everything else. Why no special...
I'm generally fascinated by how pluralization works in other languages - many are far more complex than English. For example, Welsh has rules for 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, and everything else. Why no special case for 4 and 5? Who knows!
I've been studying Russian for a few years, and I've likewise always wondered about how strange it is. For any number ending in 1, except 11, you use the nominative singular (for example, 1...
I've been studying Russian for a few years, and I've likewise always wondered about how strange it is. For any number ending in 1, except 11, you use the nominative singular (for example, 1 доллар, literally "1 dollar"). For any number ending in 2, 3, or 4, except 12, 13, or 14, you use genitive singular (for example, 2 доллара, "2 of dollar"). For anything else, you use genitive plural (5 долларов, "5 of dollars").
It's not tough to keep track of once you learn it, but I still have no idea what purpose that system serves. It seems bizarre coming from the English perspective of "it's singular if there's one of them, or plural otherwise".
It's called a numeronym. Others very common (in tech) are: a11y – accessibility k8s - Kubernetes l10n – localization n11n – normalization v12n – virtualization
It's called a numeronym. Others very common (in tech) are:
I've actually never played Factorio. I avoid most early access games. Also, based on what I've heard of it, I suspect it'd be problematically addicting.
I've actually never played Factorio. I avoid most early access games.
Also, based on what I've heard of it, I suspect it'd be problematically addicting.
Huh. The factorio dev blog (https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244) mentioned this exact article recently, so that's why I got that impression. And yes, it is problematically addicting. I've...
A friend linked the article to me, perhaps he got it from there. But in general I love i18n topics. It's a fascinating and underappreciated part of software.
A friend linked the article to me, perhaps he got it from there. But in general I love i18n topics. It's a fascinating and underappreciated part of software.
Then I'm sure you're aware of Tom Scott's videos on Computerphile in issues like... I think time zones? And Unicode? That kind of stuff. Everything he did on computerphile was great, iirc.
Then I'm sure you're aware of Tom Scott's videos on Computerphile in issues like... I think time zones? And Unicode? That kind of stuff. Everything he did on computerphile was great, iirc.
Tom Scott makes a lot of fantastic and well-researched videos on his own channel as well. iirc, he's a linguist and enough experience with Unicode to thoroughly despise it.
Tom Scott makes a lot of fantastic and well-researched videos on his own channel as well. iirc, he's a linguist and enough experience with Unicode to thoroughly despise it.
Of particular interest ist probably this Playlist: Tom's Language Files: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0 But yes, great stuff. Also, how so i Tell my...
I'm generally fascinated by how pluralization works in other languages - many are far more complex than English. For example, Welsh has rules for 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, and everything else. Why no special case for 4 and 5? Who knows!
I've been studying Russian for a few years, and I've likewise always wondered about how strange it is. For any number ending in 1, except 11, you use the nominative singular (for example, 1 доллар, literally "1 dollar"). For any number ending in 2, 3, or 4, except 12, 13, or 14, you use genitive singular (for example, 2 доллара, "2 of dollar"). For anything else, you use genitive plural (5 долларов, "5 of dollars").
It's not tough to keep track of once you learn it, but I still have no idea what purpose that system serves. It seems bizarre coming from the English perspective of "it's singular if there's one of them, or plural otherwise".
It's called a numeronym. Others very common (in tech) are:
rkcr, I declare you a devoted factorio player... right?
I've actually never played Factorio. I avoid most early access games.
Also, based on what I've heard of it, I suspect it'd be problematically addicting.
Huh. The factorio dev blog (https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244) mentioned this exact article recently, so that's why I got that impression.
And yes, it is problematically addicting. I've sunk a lot of time into it. 900.. yes, that's it, 900 minutes.
A friend linked the article to me, perhaps he got it from there. But in general I love i18n topics. It's a fascinating and underappreciated part of software.
Then I'm sure you're aware of Tom Scott's videos on Computerphile in issues like... I think time zones? And Unicode? That kind of stuff. Everything he did on computerphile was great, iirc.
Tom Scott makes a lot of fantastic and well-researched videos on his own channel as well. iirc, he's a linguist and enough experience with Unicode to thoroughly despise it.
Of particular interest ist probably this Playlist: Tom's Language Files: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLDEnHuhD7CTZES3KXFnwm0
But yes, great stuff.
Also, how so i Tell my autocorrect to letzte me weitere english?