Talk:Belorussian

Is there really such a term as "proper adjective"? Can't say I've ever heard it before. Sure we capitalise certain adjectives in English but I don't think it's called this. Citations useful though.

The term "Belorussian" while still used, is very out-of-favour in Belarus - in fact there are a few "deprecated terms" including "Belarussian", "Byelorussian", "White Russian". In Belarus they are considered "too Russian". The current accepted terms are "Belarusian" - used in most places, and "Belarusan" - considered more correct by some Belarusian academics apparently. This info should be included somehow. A Google search will find more details. — Hippietrail 01:05, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Sounded good at the time--if we have proper nouns, why not proper adjectives? Simply indicates that the adjective refers to a particular unique noun or thing. I have no great attachment to the phrase, tho, if people feel it's wrong. RSvK 01:13, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I'm looking into it. There's only a few hundred hits on Google. I'm not sure if it's used by extension like you've just done, or if it's a rarely used technical term. In looking, I've even found reference to "Proper verbs" - and that doesn't sound right at all (-: — Hippietrail 01:29, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The Linguist List has an explanation of why "proper" is only a property of nouns: [[1]]. "Proper" and "capitalised" do not mean the same thing. — Hippietrail 01:40, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)