resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGiorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricitywww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGiorgia Meloni’s Italy wants to rename electricitywww.politico.euresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAn even better question is “Why would countries not be allowed to localize standardized words for their own languages?” Would it seriously be a problem if Italy used “volta” and the U.S. used “volt”? Has it been a problem with France using “litre” and Italy and Spain using “litro” and the U.S. using “liter”?
An even better question is “Why would countries not be allowed to localize standardized words for their own languages?”
Would it seriously be a problem if Italy used “volta” and the U.S. used “volt”?
Has it been a problem with France using “litre” and Italy and Spain using “litro” and the U.S. using “liter”?