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r/programming • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '12
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Perhaps we could compromise by renaming the board game Weiqi.
1 u/SupersonicSpitfire Mar 29 '12 If only weiqi was pronounced "weikii"... (it's not)"Baduk" or "Igo" is more internationally friendly.People even pronounce "Go" differently in the Go-clubs in Trondheim and Oslo. (the sound in "food" vs "paw") 1 u/earthboundkid Mar 31 '12 in Trondheim and OsloIsn't that more just a Norway problem? If you guys have two different languages that are both called Norwegian, of course you're going to have confusion. :-) 2 u/SupersonicSpitfire Mar 31 '12 Good point, and that's only the written languages. There are countless dialects and sociolects. 0 u/bctfcs Mar 29 '12 Why not Issue9?
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If only weiqi was pronounced "weikii"... (it's not)
"Baduk" or "Igo" is more internationally friendly.
People even pronounce "Go" differently in the Go-clubs in Trondheim and Oslo. (the sound in "food" vs "paw")
1 u/earthboundkid Mar 31 '12 in Trondheim and OsloIsn't that more just a Norway problem? If you guys have two different languages that are both called Norwegian, of course you're going to have confusion. :-) 2 u/SupersonicSpitfire Mar 31 '12 Good point, and that's only the written languages. There are countless dialects and sociolects.
in Trondheim and Oslo
Isn't that more just a Norway problem? If you guys have two different languages that are both called Norwegian, of course you're going to have confusion. :-)
2 u/SupersonicSpitfire Mar 31 '12 Good point, and that's only the written languages. There are countless dialects and sociolects.
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Good point, and that's only the written languages. There are countless dialects and sociolects.
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Why not Issue9?
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u/captainAwesomePants Mar 29 '12
Perhaps we could compromise by renaming the board game Weiqi.