[TUHS] Re: On computerese

On 2024-09-13 06:03, Eric E. Bowles via TUHS wrote: Ericsson corrupting the use of English words is not news to me, as I've had some exposure to various Ericsson operations at that time (and onwards). It can be noted that they were deep into the process of replacing Swedish with English everywhere, in documentation and (internal as well as external) communication. To this end, and to alleviate the pains of most senior execs (many of who were of a generation where German, not English, was the first foreign language studied in primary schools), Ericsson invented some rather Pidginesque internal variety of English that actually was branded "Ericsson English." It wouldn't surprise me if "Användningsfall" (which is a term in Ericsson "PROPS" process management methodology) was translated to "use case" there already before Jacobson used it in his documentation. It's no surprise that "Ericsson English" basically was Swedish with word-for-word replacements. This abomination was surprisingly usable, probably because they're both Germanic languages who were mutually intelligible until maybe 1000 years ago. MfG, -- Åke Nordin <ake.nordin(a)netia.se>, resident Net/Lunix/telecom geek. Netia Data AB, Stockholm SWEDEN *46#7O466OI99#