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Latest comment: 5 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
@Beland:: Can we get {{which language}} (and maybe {{wl}} if it's not already taken or something more reasonable jumps to mind) to be a redirect here and evoke it? I tried to use the 'spelled out' version twice today and had to come check after making sure it wasn't just a silly capitalization thingy. Or any reasonable reason they shouldn't would also be appreciated. Thanks! Cheers~ Elfabet (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
@Elfabet:: Sure, I just created {{which language}} as a redirect; feel free to start using it. (I'll add that to the moss code; it needs to know to skip articles with any redirects to this template.) Looks like {{wl}} is already taken. -- Beland (talk) 21:22, 24 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
@Crkanth: Greetings! If you want a more specific message like "in Kannada / Telugu?" you'll just need to edit the article the tag is on and make it look something like xxx {{which lang|reason=in Kannada / Telugu?}}. Editing Template:Which lang changes it for all articles that use it, which will give the wrong text in most places. Thanks, and thanks for your help with language tagging! -- Beland (talk) 23:49, 2 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
ORIGINS OF ‘PATNA’
@Beland:: ‘Patna grass’ is English – or, if you prefer, a Ceylon version of Hobson-Jobson (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson-Jobson). I think it originated because a similar kind of grass grows in Patna, India, and brooms made from it are used all over India. In Sri Lanka we use the term ‘patna’ to refer to a plain or, more usually, a hillside covered with this kind of grass. The Wikipedia entry for Horton Plains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Plains_National_Park) refers to ‘patana grass’ as a Sinhala term but this is incorrect; the word is adapted from English. palmyrah (talk) 08:37, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Palmyrah: Ah, interesting, I can move that word to the list to be added to the English Wiktionary. Would you happen to remember which Wikipedia article the {{which lang}} was on that directed you here? I couldn't find one that uses "patna". -- Beland (talk) 14:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Beland:: I don't know if there is one. My point is that English-speaking Sri Lankans don't use the word 'patana'; we say 'patna'. The Sinhala word is 'patana'.palmyrah (talk) 07:50, 24 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
