The only two reasons I see not to adopt the actual word "hacker" are: A. the confusion with cracker (although it exists in English too). B. the inability to adjust it to any hebrew "mishkal" in order to make nice sounding verb for "to hack" (Mehacker, Hicker, Hickarti - no way)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Baruch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:52 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: hebrew sugestion for hacker (was: Re: Academia > LeLashon / hacker jargon ) > > > > (note, in the following H should be pronounced like hebrew HEIT, or > english kh ) > > > I would say something phonetically close to the word "hacker". > > I'd suggest "HOKER" (from MEHKAR) if it wasn't already taken > by researcher. > > so, perhaps, "HAKRAN" (pronounced like curious, SAKRAN) ? > > > > > > > > -- > -- regards > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > + Guy Baruch , Plasma Laboratory, Weizmann Institue. > +mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > + phone: 972-8-934-2211 > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > They hang the man and flog the woman > That steal the goose from off the common, > But let the greater villain loose > That steals the common from the goose. > > -- English folk poem, circa 1764 > http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR27.3/bollier.html > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run > the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
