Re: Certificate printer software? / turboprint
High,
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 04:19:05PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> > On Friday 08 March 2002 19:50, Gary Turner wrote:
> > > > The full version costs AFAIK EUR 20. (BTW, it often causes
> > > > confusion that you have no English word for kostenlos / gratuit.
> > > > Can't you invent one?)
> > >
> > --- snipped
> > >
> > > Optionally we could adopt "kostenlos" as we have "kaput," "dumkopf,"
> > > and "blitzkrieg." Unlike the French, English speakers have no
> > > problem using/stealing the words that best do the job. :-)
> >
> > I've seen many times that English native speakers use the Spanish word
> > "gratis" to mean free as in beer.
>
> Apparently, it isn't from Spanish, but traces back to Latin and French.
> Both Latin and French heavily influenced English. Webster's says it
> came into common usage in Middle English, so it's been in the language
> for hundreds of years (since 15 century). Seems to be commonly related
> to other words like grace, gratitude, gratuity, gratuitous, etc...
>
> I'd suspect the Spanish "gratis", might have similar Latin roots ??
>
As far as I can tell, it's Dutch. Well, I am pretty sure this is Dutch,
but unsure if it originates from that. One thing is for sure: Dutch people
like gratis goodies. Even if it is a product that we do not want, like,
need or has an awfull taste when consumed, if it is free, gratis, we will
take it :-)
just my 2 zeuro cents
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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