[NTLK] Newtonlish (accu, logiciels, etc.)

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> >We use in German Akkumulator and abbreviate this with Akku. PowerTrans gives
> >as translation of Akku into English only 'battery'...
>
>Maybe we should start calling software "logiciels" or "logis" for short.

Wait until you hang around Germans who use the word "handy" to refer
to mobile (cellular) telephones even when speaking to you in English.
It took me a few minutes to grok that one. Israelis use a Hebrew word
which means "banana", because a particularly popular cell phone is
bright yellow. Gak!

M

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