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Re: language tags

1993-03-05 20:34:59
"language=German" or "language=Deutsch"

nein, nyet, non.

language=20 (English)

yawohl[sic], da, mais certainment.

the former is not PC, and arguments over the two variants have been bogging down
the work of international commitees for the past 100 years +.

The latter is more easily implementable, sidesteps the issue of what to use for
a language which lacks a self-identity (dont worry, some idiot will invent it,
if it doesnt exist already) and pays lipservice to those who just cant deal with
numbers, even tho they shouldnt have been peeking anyway.
--
dana s emery <de19(_at_)umail(_dot_)umd(_dot_)edu>


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