OpenEuphoria

[OT] fin (was: Last Element Notation)

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Sep 21, 2003
• 611 views

[old text snipped, and quotations reordered]

Ricardo wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Juergen Luethje
>
>> How about using this, in order to prevent Perlification:
>>      s[1..fin]
>>      s[1..fin-1]
>>      s[fin-2]
>>
>> AFAIR 'fin' often appeared at the end of old movies.
>
>
> Strange. You know, "fin" is the Spanish word for "end".

The only Spanish word I knew was "hombre", now I know another one. 

> Maybe these "old films" originated in Argentina?

Maybe. Or maybe in another Spanish speeking country.
I'm thinking of old black-and-white movies, but unfortunately, I don't
remember more details.

"fin" is also a or the French word for "end":
http://www.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren=fin

"fin." is also the English abbreviation for "finish":
http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=fin


I also found the following review of a book about
"Theories about the end of the movie" (in German, sorry):
http://iasl.uni-muenchen.de/rezensio/liste/staiger.html

There it reads (ad hoc translation by me -- 'Ende' is the German word
for 'end'):
"Up to the sixties, most movies ended with showing words such as 'Ende',
'Fin' or 'The End'. Nowadays often credits to all who contributed to the
movie are shown."

I just can guess, that maybe in the sixties (and before) it was cool,
to write sometimes "fin" at the end even of a German, Swedish or
whatever movie.
(Like it's cool to say "cool" nowadays, not only in English speaking
countries.)

Regards,
   Juergen

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