Talk:colon
All the translations (except possibly the Russian) appear to be for the first definition only, so I have marked them thus. We need translations for the anatomical feature. -- Ortonmc 22:30, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
As all of the translations literally mean "two points", I have deleted this information. This could go in the foreign-language entries as etymologies. Paul G 15:19, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Are the translations marked as plural all actually plural? They look as though they are, but what about the hyphenated ones? Might these be singular nouns?
Paul G 15:19, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- Good move to remove them. I was about to do it, but I hesitated. I have no idea about the other point. (or are that two points? half a colon??? :-)Polyglot 18:45, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- Yes, all translations marked as plural are plural (at least for romance languages), even dois-pontos. There's "o ponto" and "os dois-pontos", "el punt" and "els dos punts", "el punto" and "los dos puntos". Hiezi 19:01, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
4th definition?[edit]
Following this thread on Reddit, I found a link here and a quote "...recruited at haphazard from the dregs of the population, from the discontented of every native race and province, fugitive slaves, ruined farmers, oppressed colons, outlawed criminals..."
I don't see a definition here that matches this use of the word. Any takers?--Polyparadigm 22:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC)