• @sproid
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    32 years ago

    I understand the purpose of making relevant the GNU part but insisting on it is not how language works. A better example is more like when people just say ‘America’ referring to the country instead of insisting in saying ‘United States of America’ every 👏 time 👏 on 👏 every 👏 single 👏 conversation because of “its significance”.

    • Joe BidetA
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      42 years ago

      yes, and for the same reason, when someone says “America” i always ask them: “do you mean South America, Central or North-America?” and they usually go “oh sorry yeah i meant the United States”.

      Because langage matters and also brings about colonial notions…

      “linux” like “open source” is our freedoms being colonized by the business/“pragmatic” crowd…

      • @sproid
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        12 years ago

        Who does that? Unless you are engage in a conversation about continents which I’m sure it doesn’t happens too often, otherwise why would you have to distinguish it?