[sdiy] History of SDIY?

[paula at synth.net]

totally agree, hence my request to NOT define/limit this list by trying 
to define it.

On 2018-05-30 15:02, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> 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.