What do you think of the name "liseuse?"

[Crowl]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I haven't voted.
I think most polls that have 'hate' as one of the options tend to produce more heat than light.

To be fair there is an equally strong positive option though.

[CleverClothe]

Well, if we are going to try force everyone to use foreign words that they don't understand, let's do it right:

e-Byblion

Unfortunately, I don't know ancient Greek and I couldn't find an equivalent to "reader".

[FixB]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Well, if we are going to try force everyone to use foreign words that they don't understand

Well, for non english-speaking people, we are already "forced" to do so... on a daily basis

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Well, if we are going to try force everyone to use foreign words that they don't understand, let's do it right:

e-Byblion

Unfortunately, I don't know ancient Greek and I couldn't find an equivalent to "reader".

And the "e" is for "elektron", which means "amber" in Greek?

[CleverClothe]

Originally Posted by FixB

Well, for non english-speaking people, we are already "forced" to do so... on a daily basis

Then feel free to make up a work in your own language, just leave us out of it.

[Juliette]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Well, if we are going to try force everyone to use foreign words that they don't understand, let's do it right:

e-Byblion

Unfortunately, I don't know ancient Greek and I couldn't find an equivalent to "reader".

I read is lego (yes, like LEGO :P well, like in latin too) and it would be a word based on the leg- root but as Jellby said before, the electronic part is a mess to translate. Still classicism has its appeal.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Then feel free to make up a work in your own language, just leave us out of it.

Who do you mean by 'us'?

I'd welcome a word that was universally accepted, rather than every language finding their own. (I don't think it'll happen, but it'd be good if it did, imho).

[FixB]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Then feel free to make up a work in your own language, just leave us out of it.

I only wanted to point out the huge gap between you, who seems so shocked to be "forced" to use foreign words... and the rest of us who are "forced" to do it everyday.
But you're quite right, I think I'll leave you "out of it"...

[Juliette]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Who do you mean by 'us'?

I'd welcome a word that was universally accepted, rather than every language finding their own. (I don't think it'll happen, but it'd be good if it did, imho).

That's the real issue- one word. After all languages are enriched by their own nature through the mean of loan from others. And let's face it, it's easier too, in an open world.

[CleverClothe]

Originally Posted by FixB

I only wanted to point out the huge gap between you, who seems so shocked to be "forced" to use foreign words... and the rest of us who are "forced" to do it everyday.
But you're quite right, I think I'll leave you "out of it"...

Are people going on French language forums and forcing you to use English words instead of French words while speaking French?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Are people going on French language forums and forcing you to use English words instead of French words while speaking French?

CleverClothe, where has anyone been "forced" to use the word liseuse here ? please stop exagerrating.

[FixB]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Are people going on French language forums and forcing you to use English words instead of French words while speaking French?

Désolé, tu as raison, je vais me cantonner à la partie française du forum dorénavant. Toutes mes excuses.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by dmikov

Funny, you blame others for overreacting, and in the same post talking about taking a stand for lost cause over the line in the sand. And I assume keep pushing for <any word that others don't understand>.*
Might it just be possible, that it is you and the people pushing this word that cause disruption?

Plus look at the poll, those part of the community as you put it don't like this word in vast majority.

* That is the definition of trolling if you consiously continue doing it.
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2]

My original quote:

"There's nothing I like more than a lost cause or a line in the sand "

It has a big yellow smiley face at the end. You know what that denotes? It denotes humour, tongue-in-cheek, having a bit of a laugh. But I wouldn't expect you and the rest of the Beige Brigade to actually understand any of those concepts.

And if you think a majority opinion means a fracking thing to me, then you're about as deluded as a man who buys a pair of trousers instead of a hat, and then insists upon wearing said trousers upon his head long after he's been made aware of his trouser/hat confusion.

Oh, and if you didn't get it already, the above paragraph was an attempt at humour. But maybe I should tag it with gigantic flashing lights so you'd actually understand that. (it's opposite day)

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by FixB

Désolé, tu as raison, je vais me cantonner à la partie française du forum dorénavant. Toutes mes excuses.

Nnnooooo! Don't go FixB!

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by FixB

Désolé, tu as raison, je vais me cantonner à la partie française du forum dorénavant. Toutes mes excuses.

Using Google Translate:

Non, ne fais pas cela. La Brigade Beige peuvent pas être autorisés à gagner!