Re: Language for taxonomic names, redux
Michael Everson <[email protected]>
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On 24 Feb 2017, at 02:09, Kent Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> la-DE-linnaeus would probably give a different result from la-US-linnaeus. > > This idea seems to conflate country ("region") with language. Though a common mistake, not one that "we" should make… It was an attempt to consider the fact that these names are not pronounced in a uniform fashion. Of course in English the prefix “quasi-“ can be pronounced [ˈkweɪzʌɪ], [ˈkweɪsʌɪ], [ˈkwɑːzi]… Sigh. M _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages