Add Likely Subtags first step
Phillips, Addison
addison at lab126.com
Mon Jan 26 19:43:42 CET 2015
Perhaps "oedict", since the dictionary is often called the OED.
Addison
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On
> Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 10:42 AM
> To: cowan at ccil.org
> Cc: ietflang IETF Languages Discussion; John Cowan
> Subject: RE: Add Likely Subtags first step
>
> John Cowan <cowan at ccil dot org> wrote:
>
> >> 'oxendict' looks too much like a dictionary of oxen, or the diction
> >> of oxen. I realize "oxen" is how the town of Oxford got its name, but
> >> language tagging isn't supposed to be a lesson in etymology.
> >
> > Well, yes. But now it's you who are arguing from the form of the
> > subtag to its meaning. In any case, 'oxdict' would not suggest oxen to
> > me.
>
> I was actually trying to argue, slightly humorously, that the form was mildly
> distracting. I don't think we will ever actually try to tag the diction of oxen.
>
> I'm fine with 'oxdict'.
>
> --
> Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, USA | http://ewellic.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ietf-languages mailing list
> Ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages
More information about the Ietf-languages
mailing list