From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,811674947553ef14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-25 02:44:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free" Date: 25 Nov 2001 11:41:46 +0100 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3BFC5861.D3E2B270@acm.org> <3bfcc8a9$0$15836$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3BFEEB0B.E1C0E709@brighton.ac.uk> <9toatb$4bn$1@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de> <9tou8e$q0a$1@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-2-120.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1006685042 20999 217.128.15.120 (25 Nov 2001 10:44:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Nov 2001 10:44:02 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16947 Date: 2001-11-25T10:44:02+00:00 List-Id: Adrian Knoth writes: > >> in the hand") and for the Frenchs it is nomade, which would (for us) > > No, French word for cellphone is mobile (pronounced "mobeel") > > Oh... I think I must call my former correspondent. He told me that it > is "nomade". But that was some years ago and cellphones were not so > widely spread. > > I guess there is more than one term for cellphone, in addition to No "nomade" is not Cellphone. Nomade is used for everything that has not a specific place. "nomade" is nomadic in English. You can say Nomadic Technology, so cellphone is a nomadic technology but a cellphone can't be called a "nomade". > How do you call WirelessLAN? R�seau sans fil :) > Oh this whole threads tends to be a little OT :) Yep :) This will be my last message in this thread. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"