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240: 416:(French translation of the Bible) that clearly show that James is the proper translation of Jacques. "Jack" and "Jake" are common phonetic mistakes among English speakers thinking that "Jacques" sounds like one of the other two, so it "must be the name." While some people named Jacques may be called Jack or Jake by English-speaking friends, but that doesn't form the basis of an accurate translation. 222: 191: 322: 304: 332: 604:
who served as a translator for the US Department of War during WWII, was fluent in French, German, and Mandarin, and taught French as a foreign language for 34 years. Unfortunately, as he is now deceased, I cannot ascertain his source material. Regardless, it seems I have "Slammed" into a brick wall, so do with it what you will. I'm finished here. ++
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I am not "effecting a division" to appeal to myself. I have no pawn here. The fact is, I discussed this very matter with an old friend of mine who was a linguistics expert. He corrected me when I mistranslated Jacques some years ago. He was one James DeBruhl (is own first name obviously James)
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The article says: "...Normans, derived from "Northmen", were of Viking origin. In 911, Vikings settled in their namesake region, Normandy, in current day France...". In fact, there should be some information that such "Normans" - regarding modern borders - were rather of North-West-Polish origin,
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Joseph Jacques immigrated from Germany in 1838 to North Dakota as the government had the opportunity to homestead farmers. Joseph had 3 Children Elmer, Regina and Ruth. He and other immigrants had to fight and eventually live among the American Indians of the Dakota territory.
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th Century when you wrote “15th century”, that would be fine; even an explicit strike through your original comment with a correction inserted after it would have been acceptable. But, as it is, you've made it seem to the reader (until, perhaps, he or she hits
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That doesn't follow. In the case of some names — and “Jacques” is likely to be amongst these — listing every notable individual with that name would simply creäte a useless sea. The Search field can already offer suggestions if the user wants them.
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It is was never my position that James and Jacob don't have the same root. That is without question. What is at issue here is that today they are separate, distinct names and are formally translated as such. Fifteenth century examples aside,
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As all the people on the list are notable and each has a Knowledge (XXG) article, the list is not trivial. It helps readers find a person's article, when they know the subject's first name only, or last name only.
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Jacques, James, Jacob are all derived from the hebrew name Yaacov. It's a mistake consider them different names. They are all the same name; the only difference between them is about biblical tradition.
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than truely Scandinavian. As they got more and more alienated from their culture, these people were eager to adopt new names, such as "the follower" Jacob/Jacobus. --
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Frankly, I don't think "others" will give a damn. I gave up arguing with you several posts ago, but you just like keeping this thread alive. ++
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into English, and one does not impose the features of the language ostensibly being translated onto the target language. The fact that names
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a proper translation. And plenty of references will explain that “Jacob” and “James” are the same name, which is why
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of La Bible du Semeur). Jack finds its roots as a Middle English diminutive of John, unrelated to Jacques. ++
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is called “Madonna”)? We don't want an über-trivial list of notable people whose first name is “Jacques”. —
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No one is arguing that “James” is not a proper translation of “Jacques”. The issue is whether “Jacob” is
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17th century examples are closer to the root than more recent 19th century examples I have given here.
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be that “Jacques” and “Jacob” have utterly diverged in French, but the article is talking about
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Still think that you should include Hockey player, Inventor and knitter Jacques Plante. ````
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It would be possible to assert, without claiming or insinuating that “Jacob” is an incorrect
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Are all these people referred to in notable discourse by just their first names (as
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and I'll shoot it down here. Now, let's see whether you want to keep this going. —
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The problem with your argument is that “James” and “Jacob” remain the same
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give up arguing, you just moved your arguments to edit summaries (
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I have that low tolerance for eristicism to which you allude,
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I'll leave it to others to decide for themselves whether
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shot since claiming that you'd finished. Gonna make it
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I would think that no more a reliable sources than the
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Personal communication is an insufficient citation. —
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