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Re:Blender Is Free Software by Al-Khwarizmi on Sunday June 09, 2019 @09:44AM (#20139143)
In fact, it is also a Spanish word, roughly pronounced "leebray" (in Italian and Latin it's different, though).

In fact, just learned now that it's supposed to be loaned from French, I had always assumed it to be from Spanish (I'm biased because I'm Spanish).

Re:Blender Is Free Software by kgwgk on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:09AM (#20139279)
> just learned now that it's supposed to be loaned from French

Is it? According to https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

‘We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom’

Re:Blender Is Free Software by MagicPropmaker on Sunday June 09, 2019 @10:30AM (#20139426)
Exactly. The "French Way" thing is an affect that's frequently mocked on other forums, see https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/le