12 Apr 2004 20:33
Re: New version of draft-langtags-phillips posted...
Tex Texin <tex <at> xencraft.com>
2004-04-12 18:33:41 GMT
2004-04-12 18:33:41 GMT
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>(Continue reading)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. >
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.
>
> >
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