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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by russellbeattie on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:26AM (#35626128)
In Spain a computer is an ordenador. Spaniards hate anglicisms. Car is coche, not carro, email is correo electronico, zipper is cremallera. Lots of others.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by xxs on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:44AM (#35626229)
>ordenador

you mean unlike French?

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by ekianjo on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:51AM (#35626267)
Is carro used more in Mexico then ?
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by qtzfz on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:35AM (#35626503)
Carro is not used in Spain at all.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by anthk on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:38AM (#35626529)
It's used, but for the old ones with horses.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by qtzfz on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:40AM (#35626539)
Exactly, but don't ask Manolo Escobar about it, since it's somewhat of a sensitive issue for him.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by el-salvador on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:00PM (#35629828)
> It's used, but for the old ones with horses.

This was new for me.

The Spanish words carro, carreta, coche, carretilla, carrito all mean "something that has wheels on it", but the meaning keeps changing between car, horse drawn carriage, baby stroller, shopping cart, horse drawn cart or toy car between countries.

Fortunately it's easy to figure out from context and doesn't have possible misunderstandings as the Spanish word for straw.

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jjav on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:09PM (#35630656)
> Fortunately it's easy to figure out from context and doesn't have possible misunderstandings as the Spanish word for straw.

What/where are the misunderstandings for sorbeto?

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by el-salvador on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:05PM (#35633332)
https://www.speakinglatino.com/spanish-language-words-for-dr...
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by SilasX on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:28AM (#35628614)
Similar for computadora (rather than ordenador) in Latin America:

https://www.woodwardspanish.com/how-to-say-computer-spanish-...

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:53AM (#35626277)
Lots more Galicisms in Spain for sure :) probably easier to share words when you also share a land border.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by TRiG_Ireland on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:11AM (#35626369)
Do Spanish-speaking and French-speaking areas actually share a border? I thought there was a buffer zone of Catalan and Basque. I'll need to check a map.

On checking, it looks like there is a short (but very mountainous) border: https://maps-spain.com/maps-spain-geography/spain-language-m...

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by qtzfz on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:36AM (#35626511)
Don't be mislead by that map, everybody in those regions that say "Basque" or "Catalan" know Spanish perfectly well.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by TRiG_Ireland on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:06AM (#35626346)
English car comes from Latin, actually, but Latin picked it up from Celtic (cf. Breton karr).

https://www.etymonline.com/word/car

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by anthk on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:36AM (#35626507)
We use email too in Spain. It's shorter. And parking instead of "estacionamiento".
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