Marion Gunn scripsit: > These silly threads seem to indicate too many people on these two lists are > underemployed or interested in developing smokescreens for other activities.
Insolence *and* paranoia. I see. > When a reference to using embryonic ISO 639-3 to 'legitimize' SIL's flawed > Ethnologue is let pass with no comment, Of course it's flawed. The whole idea of an unflawed list of languages is a pipe-dream, because "language" is not a well-defined concept. > John Cowan's pet 4-letter word (on ietf-l), Distinguo. I mentioned the word (as opposed to using it), I ellipsized the vowel (which was part of the point), and I clearly marked my remark as humor. > one has to ask why more serious professionals do > not sign off those lists. Feel free to do so at any time; I doubt you will be missed, and I have publicly promised not to pursue you beyond them. > en-IE is most commonly used to indicate a locale with a different > currency, etc., to either en-US or en-UK/GB. So it is, but the topic on ietf-languages is languages and their varieites and tags therefor, not labels for locales (IMHO a much more flawed concept). -- "And it was said that ever after, if any John Cowan man looked in that Stone, unless he had a [EMAIL PROTECTED] great strength of will to turn it to other www.ccil.org/~cowan purpose, he saw only two aged hands withering www.reutershealth.com in flame." --"The Pyre of Denethor"
