Bèrto 'd Sèra wrote: > Hi! > > This message went in error to Dave Stubbs only, sorry Dave. I'm half > asleep and I when I'm like this I often press the wrong button :) > > ====================== > > A small and humble correction: names are not "dialectal" as Piedmontese > is a full-fledged ISO 639-3 language (code PMS) and it is recognized as > "regional language" in the Statutory Chart of the Piedmont Region :) > It's also taught in state schools to thousands children in the last > years. So it does have a well defined standard orthography, too.
well, yes, I know. I simply didn't think it was _this_ important for OSM ^_^ > You might want to check your orthography with the guys at > http://pms.wikipedia.org (just get to the article about the > town/village you are mapping and enter your requests in the discussion, > or directly on the article, if you can write proper piedmontese). If > you look for a less "encyclopedic" sire you can go here: > http://pms.i-iter.org/ I'm sure people will be eager to help you. In > both sites you will find an Open Source piedmontese keyboard for both a > standard american ANSI kb or an italian keyboard. pity, I'm not that good to speak nor to write piedmontese, but for the streen names I was talking about I can refer to the plaques in the town (which is Vignale Monferrato, near Alessandria) > For the case you are stating there is only a couple of minor mistakes, > the correct form is "Contrà ëd mes" (as È is pronounced as in french > Cafè, or in "Piemontèis"). Usually in the Turin area roads are called > "Contrà", while when you move north towards Biela you frequently meet > the term "Rua". Canals (not navigable) are usually called "Bialera", > small rivers are "Dòire". A full list of piedmontese toponims and a > first list of some local toponims is available here: > http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ACa:Borgh_e_sit%C3%A0_d%C3%ABl_Piemont They are "contrà", but being Vignale nearer Lombardia, it may be something can change both in writing and in pronuciation. > you are very much welcome in extending it with road names etc :) It > would very nice and welcome if you put references to the openstreetmaps > with piedmontese toponims in it in the articles, too :) > You can drop me a line here: > http://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciaciarade:B%C3%A8rto_%27d_S%C3%A8ra if > you need any assistance. I'm quite new to OSM, what articles are you referring to? > Thank you for your time and work! > Bèrto thank you Bèrto.. and, out of curiosity, because you too seem to come from Piemonte, where are you from? Enrico _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
