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From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Languages and the metric system
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:39:19 -0400
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On 8/28/2024 8:24 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-08-27, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> In the world of aviation, and that isn't such a small world, the standard is
>> English.  If there is a pilot in the area that requests all communications are
>> in English, then that is the rule, at least as I remember it.  That way everyone
>> knows what everyone else is saying, and doing.
>>
>
> Interesting you bring that up. Not directly related to language, but the
> aviation world is now officially metric. It's just that for now, you are
> allowed to keep the current units for legacy purposes.
>
> So, even in aviation, the world is moving away from the US way of doing
> things. :-)
>
> For the record, I think it would be nice if the UK finally completed the
> transition to purely metric for everything. It's moving in the right
> direction but it is not yet there in important areas.
>
>>
>> For the data, sure, it can be very important to have whatever is required.  But
>> for the tag/token representing the data, not at all.  Can you describe any
>> situation where Ascii is not sufficient for a filename?  And then there is the
>> issue of sorting.
>>
>
> If you live in a country other than the one called the US. :-)
>
> I have already given some examples from Norway. What about Germany ? What
> are they supposed to do with document filenames ? Restrict themselves for
> the convenience of the US ?
>
> What about Asian countries with all their different types of language
> systems ?
>
> Your question above is an example of a _very_ US-centric way of thinking.

Well, I do live there, and I don't get out much ...


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