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Re: [PATCH] Fix typos on pt_BR/gittutorial.txt translation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 30, 2009, 19:47 UTC
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> Isn't it more like "kernel of linux", which is pretty OK (at least in
> English)?

Google shows (in a query limited to Portuguese) 912000 hits for "kernel do Linux" and 6550 hits for "o Linux kernel", so as Thadeu already said, it appears to be not just "common", but "so common that practically nobody uses the other form."

I do not know if there is a war between the factions that use these two phrases in Portuguese speaking community, but this smells somewhat similar to the "Is it Linux or GNU/Linux?" religious war. GNU/Linux example might be much more religious, as opposed to a lingusitc disagreement Thadeu's comment suggests the Portuguese situation is, though.

Be it religious or linguistic, I'd rather not to see the war fought in our documentation. The documentation is not about the Linux kernel to begin with, and being easier to read and understand by using phrases more familiar to the readers is much more important than being technically and linguistically correct but risking to make novices stutter while reading due to uncommon wording.

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  1. Fix typos on pt_BR/gittutorial.txt translationAndré Goddard Rosa, Jul 30, 2009
  2. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 30, 2009
  3. Michael J GruberJul 30, 2009
  4. André Goddard RosaJul 30, 2009
  5. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 30, 2009
  6. Fix typos on pt_BR/gittutorial.txt translationAndré Goddard Rosa, Jul 30, 2009
  7. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 31, 2009
  8. Fix typos on pt_BR/gittutorial.txt translationAndré Goddard Rosa, Jul 31, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2009
  11. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 31, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2009
  13. André Goddard RosaJul 30, 2009
  14. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 30, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2009
  16. Thadeu Lima de Souza CascardoJul 31, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2009
  18. Carlos R. MafraJul 31, 2009

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