From: satai (satai@kartulad.com)
Date: Thu Jun 18 2009 - 15:19:07 CDT
I think the Google statistics show quite well that speakers prefer "az
Unicode". And, saying frankly, I see at least one reason for that:
We have a language with Latin script that borrows names in their original
written form - that's typical. But let's try to predict what is the logic of
selecting an article for, say, Urukaka name in Hungarian... I think it is
clear that most hungarians who don't know how Urukaka should be pronounced,
will use "az Urukaka" based on initial U-, without even thinking about
possibilities of [w] or anything else. And that should be exactly the case
of Unicode word - if there is no widely accepted pronunciation yet, most of
people who are new to the subject should expect an article based on initial
letter, not sound.
This is rather a point of view and idea how to reach an agreement in this
particular case and in similar cases in other languages.
Best regards,
Alex.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>wrote:
> On 6/18/2009 11:22 AM, André Szabolcs Szelp wrote:
>
>> "There's also the issue that some foreign terms may not have a single
>> settled form of usage for an extended period"
>>
>> That seems to be exactly the case in the debated issue.
>>
>> Actually, a representative survey among IT pros (i.e. the actual user
>> community of the word; Unicode *is* a terminus technicus) could bring
>> clarification for that,
>>
> ... or it might not. There are definitely cases where multiple terms are in
> use in a language and even if you back your choice with a poll, it remains
> very much a choice.
>
> If that's the case in this instance, someone needs to decide how to settle
> the issue for *this* document.
>
> A./
>
>
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