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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by redeeman on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:07PM (#40493098)
well either they know the language to some functional degree, or they dont.
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by vsuperpower2020 on Monday May 27, 2024 @04:50PM (#40494560)
I can't imagine learning German or some similar language and complaining that their words aren't clear just because I don't speak German fluently enough.
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by divan on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @04:30AM (#40498651)
The point OP is making that those words are intuitive for readers (everyone). Knowing language is one thing, but intuitively making sense of similar words in a new context is another. Most non native English speakers think in their own language. Seeing word “authorization” simply doesn’t evoke the link with “authority” in their own language.
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