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Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Tuesday Sept. 20th

Kerong Zhao — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:42:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Kerong Zhao
Post title: Tuesday Sept. 20th

They do close at 2, but it's 2 a.m. so I think we'll be good. [/quote]
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Yes, you are right. See you then.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Suggestion

Tom in London — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:03:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Suggestion

GTG = get together.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Tuesday Sept. 20th

Hege Jakobsen Lepri — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:56:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Post title: Tuesday Sept. 20th

[quote]Kerong Zhao wrote:

[quote]Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:

Let's meet at the Town Crier at 6.45 p.m.
[url removed]
Be ready to tell your tales of translating through a pandemic!
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It seems that the pub closes at 2 from Google Maps, but maybe it is wrong info there.

[Edited at 2022-09-19 18:18 GMT] [/quote]

They do close at 2, but it's 2 a.m. so I think we'll be good.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Tuesday Sept. 20th

Kerong Zhao — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:16:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Kerong Zhao
Post title: Tuesday Sept. 20th

[quote]Hege Jakobsen Lepri wrote:

Let's meet at the Town Crier at 6.45 p.m.
[url removed]
Be ready to tell your tales of translating through a pandemic!
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It seems that the pub closes at 2 from Google Maps, but maybe it is wrong info there.

[Edited at 2022-09-19 18:18 GMT]

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Re: "powwow"

Gary Wellman — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:52:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Gary Wellman
Post title: Re: "powwow"

Henry, thank you for the background on the use of the term at Proz. I guess it is a little outdated now so maybe it would be a good time to change it. I think the word "meet-up" is used quite often these days. You also might want to distinguish between online and physical get-togethers. If you want to use something different, how about "clambake" or "huddle"?
Hege, I am sorry I won't be able to make it this time. I hope to meet you next time you're in TO.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Thanks

Yuri Geifman — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:31:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Yuri Geifman
Post title: Thanks

Sorry, didn't mean to repeat the post

[Edited at 2022-09-14 19:16 GMT]

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Thanks

Henry Dotterer — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 16:04:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Henry Dotterer
Post title: Thanks

[quote]Baran Keki wrote:
... it's a widely used American 'English' word (in fact I first heard of it in Apocalypse Now during the great bunnies scene). [/quote]
Right. In common American English parlance, the word is used as in definition 3 here: [url removed]

If I am not mistaken, M-W has included this sense of the word for many years; the "offensive" label seems to have been added recently. (Other resources continue to list the definition without regarding it as offensive.)

By the way, I'm the one that named our events "powwows". It is just the word that naturally came to my mind for this type of thing, a social gathering that kind of has a working component. That word is (was?) used in American businesses. I didn't even really mean it as a marketing term. I'm not sure I was aware of the etymology. (Athough I learned soon after we released powwows.)

Having said the above, I think I notice that the word is not used as commonly as it once was. It may not even be the right term anymore. And of course we don't want to put event organizers in an uncomfortable position. So we'll take this into consideration for the time being. And I'll ask around. We may change it in the future. If anyone has suggestions for other terms, please share. Remember that it takes a little time to change things like this.

Thank you.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Suggested venue

Hege Jakobsen Lepri — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:52:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Post title: Suggested venue

Browsed through the area around Union Station and found this:

[url removed]

I have been there only once, many years ago, but seems like it would tick our boxes. So if nobody has a better suggestion ...

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | POWWOW?

Hege Jakobsen Lepri — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 23:38:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Post title: POWWOW?

[quote]finnword1 wrote:

We are supposed to be translators. Isn't there an English word for this? [/quote]

I would appreciate if you took this up with proz.com (as I already did, years ago) instead of badgering me. Since the term used for the meetups is locked by the system, that is the only way if you want to "be the change" and not just "be a nuisance".

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Attention: ProzCom moderators

finnword1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:26:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: finnword1
Post title: Attention: ProzCom moderators

Merriam-Webster:
"Use of this term in contexts not relating to Indigenous Americans or their cultures is considered offensive."

[Edited at 2022-09-08 23:34 GMT]

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Oh, not again

Mr. Satan (X) — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:03:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Mr. Satan (X)
Post title: Oh, not again

[quote]Baran Keki wrote:

reclaims the words 'yoghurt' or 'kebab' and asks that they be removed from the English language.[/quote]

We're still trying to get used to 'Türkiye', you know.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | The word is decided by proz.com, not by me

Hege Jakobsen Lepri — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:37:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Post title: The word is decided by proz.com, not by me

[quote]finnword1 wrote:

We are supposed to be translators. Isn't there an English word for this? [/quote]

In fact, in my email invite, I changed it to "meetup" (because the way we use it here is cultural misappropriation)

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | International

expressisverbis — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:39:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: International

[quote]Baran Keki wrote:

Anyways, here's hoping there won't be a maniac that reclaims the words 'yoghurt' or 'kebab' and asks that they be removed from the English language. [/quote]

Those are international words, they can't be removed from any language and... never from our cuisine :)

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Thanks Jo

Baran Keki — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:07:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: Thanks Jo

[quote]Jo Macdonald wrote:

The term “powwow” derives from Pau Wau, meaning “medicine man” in Narrtick, a language spoken by the Algonquian peoples in Massachusetts. English settlers began misusing the word to refer to the meetings of Indigenous medicine men, and later to any kind of American Indian gathering. American Indians have since reclaimed the term.
[url removed] #:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cpowwow%E2%80%9D%20derives%20from,kind%20of%20American%20Indian%20gathering.

[Edited at 2022-09-08 09:45 GMT] [/quote]
I'm aware of the word's origins, but it's a widely used American 'English' word (in fact I first heard of it in Apocalypse Now during the great bunnies scene). Anyways, here's hoping there won't be a maniac that reclaims the words 'yoghurt' or 'kebab' and asks that they be removed from the English language.

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Pau Wau

Jo Macdonald — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:43:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Jo Macdonald
Post title: Pau Wau

The term “powwow” derives from Pau Wau, meaning “medicine man” in Narrtick, a language spoken by the Algonquian peoples in Massachusetts. English settlers began misusing the word to refer to the meetings of Indigenous medicine men, and later to any kind of American Indian gathering. American Indians have since reclaimed the term.
[url removed] #:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cpowwow%E2%80%9D%20derives%20from,kind%20of%20American%20Indian%20gathering.

[Edited at 2022-09-08 09:45 GMT]

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Hmm

Baran Keki — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:06:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Baran Keki
Post title: Hmm

[quote]finnword1 wrote:

We are supposed to be translators. Isn't there an English word for this? [/quote]
I always thought this was an American word, so you say it's not English?

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | POWWOW?

finnword1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 05:24:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: finnword1
Post title: POWWOW?

We are supposed to be translators. Isn't there an English word for this?

Powwow: Toronto - Canada | Tuesday Sept. 20th

Hege Jakobsen Lepri — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:19:00 +0000

Forum: Powwows
Topic: Powwow: Toronto - Canada
Poster: Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Post title: Tuesday Sept. 20th

Let's meet at the Town Crier at 6.45 p.m.
[url removed]

Be ready to tell your tales of translating through a pandemic!

[Edited at 2022-09-19 02:25 GMT]