Hi!
On 05.11.21 15:23, Gard Spreemann wrote:> Felix Lechner
<felix.lech...@lease-up.com> writes:
I'm a native German speaker and "Führer" is widely and
completely uncontroversially used in German in lots of contexts
That is, as you noted, somewhat true for the word "master" as well,
but your portrayal of a wide and unequivocal acceptance of the word
"Führer" in German society is fictional.
[…] So while German speakers, as you point out, may want to avoid
speaking of a political leader as a "Führer", they don't seem to want to
avoid referring to their driver's license as a "Führerschein". By the
same token, it's reasonable for Debian to judge "master of a slave" and
"master of the package archive" completely differently.
This is turning, yet again, into a "Germans debate German language
issues" thread. I think this is not helping. The issue raised by Felix
Lechner seems to be worthwhile debating, the proposed strategy (doing it
via a GR) is certainly questionable.
Also, @Gard:
Please note that in the former GDR, which seems to be a part of the rest
of Germany nowadays, even though income maps seem to indicate otherwise
[1], the word "Führerschein" (literally: guide certificate - where guide
is a vehicle guide) was replaced by "Fahrerlaubnis" (driving permission)
[2] and is still widely used with this connotation in this part of the
country. (In reunified Germany, the term is also used, but means
something slightly different.)
Have a great weekend
Ulrike
[1] https://www.wsi.de/data/wsi_vm_verfuegbare_einkommen_kreise_print-01.png
[2] https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/objects/1020956
