From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 70828 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2018 09:44:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 70792 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jul 2018 09:44:03 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*x:Mailer, H*UA:Mailer, H*UA:Open-Xchange, HImportance:Medium X-HELO: ano163.rev.netart.pl X-Spam-Score: 0 Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:44:00 -0000 From: Rafal Luzynski Reply-To: Rafal Luzynski To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Cc: Carlos O'Donell Message-ID: <1656545809.435941.1532684630776@poczta.nazwa.pl> Subject: [PATCH 0/1] NEWS: Avoid the words "nominative" and "genitive". MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2018-07/txt/msg00941.txt.bz2 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