From: David Possin (dave_i18n@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 12 2002 - 12:03:30 EDT
I c u rn't up 2 date - we R there - check chat & messenger - urgh
D2e
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Whistler" <kenw@sybase.com>
To: <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Origin of the term i18n
> Mark,
>
> > > Mark, I am curious why you find this term so distasteful? Is it the
> > > algorithm itself or just a general objection to acronyms and the like?
Or
> > > something else entirely?
> >
> > I find this particular way of forming abbreviations particularly ugly
and
> > obscure. It is also usually unnecessary; looking at any of the messages
> > brought up by Google, the percentage of 'saved' keystrokes is a very
small
> > proportion of the total count. And when it leaks out into the general
> > programmer community, it just looks odd.
> >
> > For me, it is on the same order as using "nite" for "night", or "cpy"
for
> > "copy".
>
> u shuld just be glad u wont live to see the day when netspeak roolz
> and ur goofy language is rOxXoRed!
>
> --K1n
>
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