Mnidjm
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Again, welcome! Mglovesfun (talk) 21:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
Your contributions edit
They're not well formatted, which is nothing to worry about. For instance Ancient Greek doesn't use the Latin script. I'm more worried that these look a lot like you've copied them off a website or from a dictionary - have you? Mglovesfun (talk) 21:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Moved to the other entry with the capital K, since place names start with a capital. Equinox ◑ 17:39, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
- Again, Frogurt is a trademarked brand, written with the capital. We don't usually include brands unless they have really entered the general language (kleenex, hoover). Equinox ◑ 19:33, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
- Frogurt predates the brand, it was originally coined in an episode of the Simpsons 20 years earlier, and was used for a while. Same with froyo, it was a common word that got trademarked Mnidjm (talk) 19:42, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
- You would still need to show, with citations, that it was in general use in the language (not just people quoting Simps) prior to the trademark. Equinox ◑ 20:55, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
- Hmm it might just be colloquial to the American north east, but there is a character in the show Lost called Frogurt because he runs a frozen yogurt shop. Mnidjm (talk) 21:55, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
- You would still need to show, with citations, that it was in general use in the language (not just people quoting Simps) prior to the trademark. Equinox ◑ 20:55, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
Did you mean spongiologist? — Ungoliant (falai) 13:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
Dothraki edit
Hi! In the discussion at Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2014/July#Inclusion_of_Dothraki, it has been noted that Dothraki, as a substantial element of a creative work (namely A Song of Fire and Ice / Game of Thrones), is subject to copyright, and that including a large number of Dothraki words which have not seeped into general usage is a violation of that copyright. Therefore, I have deleted Appendix:Dothraki and its subpages. If individual words can be found to have seeped into general usage (for example, if Khaleesi passes RFV), they can be included, but words that have not entered general usage should not be included. - -sche (discuss) 20:13, 29 July 2014 (UTC)