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[PATCH 0/1] NEWS: Avoid the words "nominative" and "genitive".
- From: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:43:50 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: [PATCH 0/1] NEWS: Avoid the words "nominative" and "genitive".
- Reply-to: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
Shouldn't we avoid the terms "nominative" and "genitive" when
referring to the support of two grammatical forms of month names?
As an example, a Scottish Gaelic translator told me that their grammar
rules call these cases "nominative" and "possessive". Unfortunately,
I don't remember where this was said and whether it was a private
email or a public list.
Additionally, there are languages where the genitive case exists but
it is incorrect to use it when formatting a date.
Thoughts? Carlos?
Regards,
Rafal