Thanks, Jo, you are looking on from a little distance, that is always
helpful to get consensus...
I agree with your "the key to create such a blank is commonly known as
the space bar" - which only confirms how subtle the English language
really is. And that is precisely what makes me contest the "rule" cited
by @Ruben (he/she is right in the citation, but I defy the rule) "on
this list the accepted standard is to use English" - I never liked that
rule, mostly for this reason. There's all too many people who post (to
some degree) gibberish, in the firm belief they have good English.
And to come back to @Ruben's reply "no-one would have failed to
understand what we meant": try taking this conversation though some www
translation tool to an exotic language, say Japanese or Swahili or Latin
or Basque, than back to English. Without having checked, I dare to bet
that somewhere in the process the "space" was converted to something
astronautical. So yes, I am sure many people might get confused. Or in
other words, what's the added value of posting in a language that is NOT
native to this Belgian country? Except of course to oblige those few who
prefer learning foreign languages over learning their own.
Karel (admittedly touchy on matters of language and local culture)
On 11/08/18 13:31, Jo wrote:
Karel, you are probably right, but the key to create such a blank is
commonly known as the space bar.
I would also remove the 'empty character' (Leerzeichen) here in Belgium.
In France it's consistently with a space, I guess they find it like
that on their signage.
Jo
Op za 11 aug. 2018 om 15:11 schreef Karel Adams <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Excuse me for being pecky on language - for this once I feel free
because language is (more or less) the subject matter anyway.
Where @jakka writes "space", and @ruben neatly follows suit, I
think the
actual meaning is "blank".
nl "spatie" => en "blank"
en "space" => nl "ruimte"
Not wanting to "score" any personal hits, just for the common good:
allow me to recommend that English should only be used by those who
master that subtle language really well. There is no reason for not
posting in one's native language, on a list of regional importance
such
as this.
Groeten :)
Karel
On 11/08/18 12:38, Ruben wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:06:54 +0200, Jakka <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Where can I see and read what is the correct spelling of the E
and other road network like A? Is there a space between the letter
and number?
>> The wiki pages
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Europe/E-road_network
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_E-road_network are
not clear about that...
>> See the mapillary
https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/vEtPrDgYQ9nVD2kfehABQg example:
there are no spaces so should we adapt all those tags?
> I believe our local refs are without space (so "A17", "R0",
"N540"). Our signposting for international refs doesn't use a
space either (E40), or sometimes a 'thin space' (E 40). I've never
seen a full space (E 40).
> On their site[1], the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (AWV)
consistently uses no space for both local and E refs. So I'd be
inclined to say it's without space.
>
>> I see that most of int_ref is with space and ref and nat_ref
without? But not always...
> A few years ago, a French mapper came along and mechanically
edited int_refs in Belgium. I asked them to stop but their changes
were never fully reverted, so there are still int_refs with a
space in Belgium.
> I think it would be safe to remove the spaces mechanically, as
it would actually be reverting an earlier unauthorized mechanical
edit. What do you think?
>
> [1] https://wegenenverkeer.be/
>
> Cheers,
> Ruben
>
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