Disputatio:Simon et Garfunkel
Harrisime, considering that '&' is et (ε + t = &) I do not see why it would be better to use it instead of the full word. Probably it doesn't matter, but I wanted to know why did you change it.--Xaverius 20:37, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC)
- Consentio...--Ioscius (disp) 20:59, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe a little control-freakish of me but I did it just so that we weren't changing the name of the group. I'm not sure what TNP says about names, but I think that if it is a societas (do bands count?), we can't change it. Various other wikis use the '&' too. Note that Spanish and German (probably most others) use and rather than y or und. (That's why the sign is neutral). Harrissimo 21:13, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC).
- Fair enough for me. I do not object, I was just wondering why ;)--Xaverius 22:35, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC)
- Band names are many times, but not always, translated on Vicipaedia, cf. Dies Viridis for Green Day. But I do think "et" is better than "&". If you were to talk Latin in the streets, you would more likely say "Simon et Garfunkel" than "Simon and Garfunkel" (at least saying "et" would be more "correct"). -Kedemus 12/19/07 08:35 UTC
- Simon and Garfunkel are more of a duo than a band, and a duo whose name is simply the last names of its members with a conjunction. Therefore the rules that apply to their name are different from what would apply to a societas. -Kedemus 08:39, 19 Decembris 2007 (UTC)
- Band names are many times, but not always, translated on Vicipaedia, cf. Dies Viridis for Green Day. But I do think "et" is better than "&". If you were to talk Latin in the streets, you would more likely say "Simon et Garfunkel" than "Simon and Garfunkel" (at least saying "et" would be more "correct"). -Kedemus 12/19/07 08:35 UTC
- Fair enough for me. I do not object, I was just wondering why ;)--Xaverius 22:35, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe a little control-freakish of me but I did it just so that we weren't changing the name of the group. I'm not sure what TNP says about names, but I think that if it is a societas (do bands count?), we can't change it. Various other wikis use the '&' too. Note that Spanish and German (probably most others) use and rather than y or und. (That's why the sign is neutral). Harrissimo 21:13, 17 Decembris 2007 (UTC).