11-04-2011, 08:46 AM
I already know about the italic/oblique thing (someone in fact, documented that in the wiki already, and has been discussed here).
I neither compare it to such horrid thinks (e.g. the bullfight in Spain, and many spaniards -me included- think it should be banned nowadays, regardless its a "tradition") nor understand very well the relation to this matter. :?:
I just simply use Italic because as other people pointed, it's a most common used term (even in Word, the I is for oblique). Also the word Italic is much more known than Oblique. In Spanish we say "Cursiva", by the way. So don't know where this come from.
There are many other examples of mis-application of words. Ej. for Function Library, the mistranslation "LibrerÃa" (book shop) has been widely accepted insted of "Biblioteca", etc...
I neither compare it to such horrid thinks (e.g. the bullfight in Spain, and many spaniards -me included- think it should be banned nowadays, regardless its a "tradition") nor understand very well the relation to this matter. :?:
I just simply use Italic because as other people pointed, it's a most common used term (even in Word, the I is for oblique). Also the word Italic is much more known than Oblique. In Spanish we say "Cursiva", by the way. So don't know where this come from.
There are many other examples of mis-application of words. Ej. for Function Library, the mistranslation "LibrerÃa" (book shop) has been widely accepted insted of "Biblioteca", etc...