(I broke my collarbone, so I'm typing one handed and can mistype) On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, at 9:39 AM, Rory McCann wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, at 6:25 AM, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: > > (1) I never understood "man made" as > > "made by males". > > (4) I would prefer to not use OSM as a tool > > to change language, especially if done at > > cost of making more complicated for > > mappers. AFAIK term "man made" and it's > > meaning remains standard and is well > > understood > > > > Disclaimer: not a native speaker. > > (1) and (4) may be wrong. > It's interesting how non-native speakers of English often speak a quaint old fashioned version of English. Languages are often chamging and ir can take a little while for books, courses and teachers to catch up.
So you'll hear non-natives use words like "whom" or using "he" to refer to generic people of any gender. It always sounds old-fashioned. 🙂 OSM prioritizes local knowledge, by the same logic non-native speakers of English should defer to native English speakers for the meaning of words. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
