an old item: es-americas

Tex Texin tex at xencraft.com
Thu Mar 25 22:58:49 CET 2004


I think I prefer numbers as not having (or having fewer) political overtones.
(OK, we can fight over who gets 888, and who doesn't get 4, 13, etc. ;-) )


jcowan at reutershealth.com wrote:
> 
> Sean M. Burke scripsit:
> 
> > I point out a problem: they're totally obscure.  Country codes are
> > relatively well-known at least to the people the codes apply to --  but
> > good God, "es-019" !?
> 
> Live and learn.  Who knew, before the present era, that jp was Japan but
> ja was Japanese?
> 
> --
> There is / One art                      John Cowan <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
> No more / No less                       http://www.reutershealth.com
> To do / All things                      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> With art- / Lessness                     -- Piet Hein
> _______________________________________________
> Ietf-languages mailing list
> Ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------
Tex Texin   cell: +1 781 789 1898   mailto:Tex at XenCraft.com
Xen Master                          http://www.i18nGuy.com
                         
XenCraft		            http://www.XenCraft.com
Making e-Business Work Around the World
-------------------------------------------------------------



More information about the Ietf-languages mailing list