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Re: Stress marking (was: Re: CONLANG Digest -14 Oct 2000 (maglangs plea!))

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 22:58
En réponse à DOUGLAS KOLLER <LAOKOU@...>:

> > > I think indeed that red, rete and réseau are related, yes. As for > "toile", > it's > > the direct translation of "web" that we use sometimes to refer to > Internet. > > For me, a non-native, "réseau" has more the flavor of "net*work*". > "Toile", > with its sense of "(spider)web" is more descriptive, pithy, and closer > to > the spirit of the "Web" than "réseau". > > Kou >
True enough. That's why "réseau" is considered in French more a technical word than "toile".