Yes, first example in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English under Vocabulary.
Thank you! I've been trying to find [1] again, which I encountered ages ago, and this Wikipedia page got me back there.
[1] https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOG...
In spanish, current translates to actual.
Re:Learn CSS Layout the Pedantic Way
by juangacovas on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:23AM
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Yep, I acquired the habit to write var names like "cur_thing" for "current thing", you know.
Yeah exactly, looks like it's mostly English that's weird. Translations of "current":
- Danish: aktuel
- Dutch: actueel
- French: actuel
- German: aktuell
- Italian: attuale
- Norwegian: aktuell
- Polish: aktualny
- Portuguese: atual
- Romanian: actual
- Spanish: actual
Even Hungarian has aktuális! So using "actual" to mean "current" is basically just fixing English.
Heh, off-topic, but this is one of my favourite "EU English"-isms: using actual to mean current.
Completely understandable, given how e.g. the Dutch translation of current is actueel (whereas the translation of actual is daadwerkelijk).
Anyway, maybe this is even helpful if a native speaker is confused :)