Tex Texin | 12 Apr 2004 20:33
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Re: New version of draft-langtags-phillips posted...

Ah, so we need a tag that indicates undesirable everywhere, a code for lingua
non-grata.

(I don't know latin, just guessing at the term.)

You would use the term when you are intentionally trying to tick everyone off.

<span lang="ln">SHOUTING OFFENDS EVERYONE, ESP. MIKE AND HARRY!</span>

;-)

John Cowan wrote:
> 
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand scripsit:
> 
> > >But luckily the whole idea of 3066bis (assuming we can get it past the
> > >Piranha brothers, Harry and Mike :-)) is that it will be highly
> > >productive; people who code documents will be able to make the
> > >distinctions they wish to make.
> >
> > hey, my name is Harald - abbreviating that to Harry is culturally
> > incorrect in Norway!
> 
> Well, abbreviating Michael Everson's name to Mike is culturally
> incorrect everywhere.
> 
> > :-)
> 
> Yeah.
> 
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