Correction! LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM : es-america

Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org
Thu, 16 May 2002 13:30:37 -0600


At 15:05 2002-05-16 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>Sean M. Burke scripsit (on the ietf-languages list):
> > I think this is practically begging to be misinterpreted as "Spanish as=20
> > spoken in America (i.e., the United States)".  I'd prefer "es-americas".
>But the word "America" in Spanish refers to the whole ball of wax from
>Ellesmere Island to Tierra del Fuego.  The U.S. has a different name
>altogether.

Quite.  But it's /still/ confusing.
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