Well, "ç" and "ã" do not exist in us-ascii codepage. In any case, some e-mail programs do use it (sorry, but it's a good analogy, no offence intended). What I mean is that I have head people saying "Autentificação" more then one. Probably for the same reason europeans use Autentification in english. There gotta me some kind of origin for this generalised misuse of more then one language. []s On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 07:07:04PM -0700, David Gadelha wrote: > > Hummm, "Autentifica??o"?, > sorry Rodrigo, such word doesn't exists on pt_BR. > According to one of our main dictionaries, the > Aurelio, > we must always use "Autentica??o - n. f. the act of > authenticate". > > > --- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigobat_private> wrote: > > Actualy, depending of the use of the word, it can > > also be > > "Autentifica??o" in pt_BR. > > > > Then again, I'm not sure you would find it in a > > dictionary. Maybe it's > > only slang, and we are back on the same problem. > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:03:10PM -0300, Rafael > > D'?vila wrote: > > > Authentication in portuguese language is > > "autentica??o" > > > in spanish language "autenticaci?n"... > > > because this, I can't understand your point of > > view > > > =) > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:44:07 -0400 (EDT) > > > "Steven M. Christey" <coleyat_private> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clarkat_private> said: > > > > > > > > >> And if there's a difference between > > > > >> authentication and authentification, I can't > > tell. > > > > > > > > > >This one's easy. There is no such word, > > "authentification." > > > > > > > > Not in American English, agreed. I didn't > > mention this in my post > > > > because it was just a theory at the time, but it > > seems to be commonly > > > > used by Europeans, and/or people who speak or > > write English as a > > > > second language, not a native language. > > > > > > > > One might expect to see such minor differences > > in an international > > > > forum. A search on Google for > > "authentification" illustrates the > > > > point. > > > ===== > +----------------------------------------+-----------------+ > |David Gadelha |Linux User# 66612| > |Joao Pessoa - Paraiba - Brasil | Desde 1996| > |"Free Your OS and your mind will follow"| Since 1996| > +----------------------------------------+-----------------+ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com -- Rodrigo Barbosa - rodrigob at tisbrasil.com.br TIS - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - http://www.tisbrasil.com.br/ Brainbench Certified -> Transcript ID #3332104
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