It would be convenient for me to agree to US English as a standard since that is what I know. Though a Canadian I prefer the American spelling of words. I think it would be cumbersom, but I am fluent in 'c', as suggested by another note.
While I did not articulate it well, I was suggesting a language devised from usage, agreement, consensus reality - sharing. A kind of mix of languages -- formalized in a standard that was viewable, readable by everyone. There are too many different languages to learn them all and so I learn none other than my own. I would have to say yes, partially, to all of the other languages suggested, especially Esperanto but since we are not using them something must obviously be missing. I am not very familiar with these languages either -- I have been lazy. I suppose the reason that I questioned it at all is that I do not know how to justify English as the standard. I have noticed recently that language is more deeply bound to thought than I had realized. ... sorry sounds a little too much like 1984. There is a part of me that likes to invent new words -- currently they are only my words because no one else knows what they mean. Chris Lewis Thanks for the info. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Thurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: ROUTEUR ET IDENTD > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Chris Lewis wrote: > > I don't mean this to be sarcastic. .. it may have been attempted or > > may already exist - I am internationally ignorant, though wish I were > > not so .. why do we not have an RFC that documents the Official > > (Written/Typed) Language of Communications for the World - On the > > Internet? > > Are you suggesting an RFC that says "Unless otherwise stated, all > communication on the Internet should be in US English", or something? Or > do you mean that the RFC would propose the use of an auxlang such as > Interlingua, Glosa, Ido or Esperanto? Or do you propose an RFC describing > a new auxlang designed specially for the purpose? > > The IETF has said that English is the language used for RFCs[1], > incidentally, though that's a long way from any of the interpretations > of your question given above. > > T > > [1] http://www.rfc-editor.org/overview.html > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
