LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.01.16 (06) [E]

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From: Pepijn Hendriks pepijnh at gmx.net
Subject: LL-L "Virus" 2003.01.13 (07) [E]

Mathieu. van Woerkom <Mathieu.vanWoerkom at student.kun.nl> wrote:

>The Dutch translation looks OK to me...Although I doubt that a
>Dutchman would actually use "bijlage" instead of the commonly used
>English alternative "attachment"!

I don't think I agree with you. I often use 'attachment', but I think
I can be heard saying 'bijlage' as well. It sounds to me like a
neutral way of describing email attachments. Also, Dutch uses the
same words for enclosures with regular letters.

Remember that it takes some time for Dutch equivalents to get
accepted. Back in the time when computers made their first
appearance, everyone was talking about their 'keyboards', 'monitors',
and 'hard disks'. These words have largely been superseded by
'toetsenbord', 'beeldscherm' and 'harde schijf'.

(Okay, 'monitor' can still be heard a lot, but 'beeldscherm' is used
at least as often. An English word that has stuck is 'printer',
although a 'print' may also be called 'uitdraai'. 'Keyboard' is still
used when referring to the musical instrument with keys arranged as
on a piano.)

To read my email, I use an English language version of Pegasus. Is
there anyone who can tell me what the Dutch version of Outlook or
Outlook Express uses for 'attachments'?

-Pepijn

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