From: Chris Jacobs (chris.jacobs@freeler.nl)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 20:28:42 EDT
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From: "Philippe Verdy" <verdy_p@wanadoo.fr>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] French Government Bans the Term 'E-Mail'
> On Monday, July 21, 2003 7:16 PM, Jon Hanna <jon@spin.ie> wrote:
>
> > > eBook, e-mail, eBay, e-money, and all that gunk.
> > > I suppose we could do without them. Even Apple's
> > > gone weird about it. I don't know what the "i" in
> > > the iLifestyle suite (iChat, iPhoto, iBook,
> > > iThis, iThat) means.
> >
> > e-jit, iDiot, iMbecile.
>
> Is it still a newgroup to discuss about the correct way to write a
> language? I thought that Unicode members had more consideration
> for the correct spelling and pronunciation of languages, and thought
> it was important to preserve the cultural heritage and accuracy of
> their transcription. Would Unicode turn into Unilang? Thanks then
> we do not need Unicode to write English... Why not returning then
> to the good old age of ISO646 (IA5)?
I understand that you mean with "Unicode members" just everyone who
subscribed to the unicode@unicode.org list., and not e.g.
only the people mentioned on http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html
.
In that case you should be aware that the list is open to everyone.
And even http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html only guarantees
that the member in question payed his dues.
Yet I myself consider it very cool to be mentioned on one page together with
Adobe, Microsoft, and the Government of Pakistan.
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