Charles wrote: >appease the tensions at first,
Consider that the tensions are a result of not having an NLP in the first place. > This question can be today answered in two ways: > -an EN native-lang project (not created out of frustration or in a desire of > going somewhere else) > -regional groups of users. For English, regional groups make slightly more sense than one NLP --- if only because regional groups could handle translation into English better. [The difference between British English, and American English is a lot more than Boot/Bonnet. Likewise, the difference between South African and Australian English is much more than vocabulary. (A triple negative in American English is a very ambigious "yes". A triple negative in South African English is an emphatic "no".)] Mitigating against regional groups, is where English is spoken. It is a collapsing language in North America. That is where I think _most_ of the native English users live. A north_american_regional_group would, by default, have to include, at a minimum, Spanish, and French. [French being an official language of Canada. Spanish being an official language in two states and the dominant language in five states of the united states. [OOo 1.1.4 does not support Spanish (US) as a Locale. That should be fixed for 2.0.] xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
