4 Jan
2004
4 Jan
'04
7:31 a.m.
Richard M. Stallman said on Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:53:32PM -0500,:
2) The appropriate equivalent of the word freedom in Tamil is 'sudanthiram' rather than 'viduthalai' as mentioned here (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html).Do people agree?
Yes.
I am not tamil speaking, but am familiar with it. `Viduthalai' reminds me me of `independence' and 'liberation'. The concept of freedom is better conveyed by the term 'swatantrayam', whatever way you spell it.
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