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Article has "the launch on the English Wikipedia being delayed". But, to the naive reader, the meaning of that is liable to be misunderstood. Does "English" mean "belonging to the part of Great Britain which is neither Scotland nor Wales", or is it an uneducated Americanism (and possibly Germanism) referring to either GB or UK, or does it mean "those offshore parts of NW Europe having allegiance to the person who is the monarch of the UK (some of which parts are not in the UK), ... ; or does it refer to the language originated in England but now the mother tongue of many who are certainly not English? If it means what I think it means, it should be "... English-language" ...". [[Special:Contributions/94.30.84.71|94.30.84.71]] ([[User talk:94.30.84.71|talk]]) 21:02, 20 May 2020 (UTC) |
Article has "the launch on the English Wikipedia being delayed". But, to the naive reader, the meaning of that is liable to be misunderstood. Does "English" mean "belonging to the part of Great Britain which is neither Scotland nor Wales", or is it an uneducated Americanism (and possibly Germanism) referring to either GB or UK, or does it mean "those offshore parts of NW Europe having allegiance to the person who is the monarch of the UK (some of which parts are not in the UK), ... ; or does it refer to the language originated in England but now the mother tongue of many who are certainly not English? If it means what I think it means, it should be "... English-language" ...". [[Special:Contributions/94.30.84.71|94.30.84.71]] ([[User talk:94.30.84.71|talk]]) 21:02, 20 May 2020 (UTC) |
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:I've change it to "English-language" -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 03:37, 21 May 2020 (UTC) |
:I've change it to "English-language" -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 03:37, 21 May 2020 (UTC) |
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== Bidgauw; Bisgau; == |
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does anyone know what is the actual name for this area; it is specifically used for count Gislebert of Bidgouw aka Bisgau20:25, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[[User:LIDenis|LIDenis]] ([[User talk:LIDenis|talk]]); what I have found on the internet that is closest is Blisgau in Saarland Germany on the border of France; Wikipedia is the source I found Blisgau; |
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An unresolved ambiguity
Article has "the launch on the English Wikipedia being delayed". But, to the naive reader, the meaning of that is liable to be misunderstood. Does "English" mean "belonging to the part of Great Britain which is neither Scotland nor Wales", or is it an uneducated Americanism (and possibly Germanism) referring to either GB or UK, or does it mean "those offshore parts of NW Europe having allegiance to the person who is the monarch of the UK (some of which parts are not in the UK), ... ; or does it refer to the language originated in England but now the mother tongue of many who are certainly not English? If it means what I think it means, it should be "... English-language" ...". 94.30.84.71 (talk) 21:02, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- I've change it to "English-language" -- John of Reading (talk) 03:37, 21 May 2020 (UTC)