[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca]

On Wed, 30 May 2018, Florian Anwander wrote:
> (*) one has to know, that in German "DIY" is a loanword from English, which is
> used here since the 70s (there was a magazin "Selbermachen" which established
> it), and it is definitely used in German in the sense I describe.

It's frequently the case that loan words take on a more specific meaning
in the new language, so I wouldn't use "DIY"'s meaning in German to guide
interpretation of its use in English.

Examples:  "portage" in French means carrying anything, while in English
it means specifically carrying a boat from one river to another; "anime"
in Japanese means any animation, whereas in English it means specifically
animation originating from Japan and in a certain characteristic style.

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Matthew Skala
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