- From: Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:05:59 -0800
- To: "Jeremy Carroll" <jjc@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org
> > > PS. One case which this might not handle well would be where the one >> > string means different things in different languages. Are there any >> > cases like that? >> >> "Chat", in French, is a cat. In English, it is an informal conversation. >> > >I like "shopping". > >In British English it involves going to the supermarket and getting food; in >italian you go to the posh shops and (at least think about) spend(ing) lots >of money on stylish clothes. They are really very distinct activities. > >"shopping"/en-uk = "spesi"/it > >I am not really quite sure hopw to say "shopping"/it in English. In my life, this is a gender difference rather than a language difference. That is what my wife means by 'shopping'. Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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