Re: Warren Kumari's No Objection on draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-19: (with COMMENT)

Steven/Warren,

I know the RFC 7322 doesn't say anything about using obscure words or idioms, but IMHO since the majority of the world does not speak/read English as a first language we should probably be writing boring, unambiguous text that everyone with a basic understanding of English can read.

Adding "character" like this won't endear you to those readers, no matter how "easy" is it to type "what the f**k does infelicities mean?" into your favorite search engine or AI bot...

I guess in the end it just depends on what your goals are in publishing this RFC...


> On Nov 14, 2025, at 1:22 PM, Steven Bingler <bingler@chromium.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Warren,
> 
> Thanks for your review and apologies for the late reply. I had to take a hiatus.
> 
>> I do have one comment, which you can feel free to ignore -- while
>> "infelicities" is a perfectly cromulent word, I suspect many readers will not
>> be familiar with it. This may not be an issue - most readers will likely be on
>> a computer and so can easily look it up (and learn a cool new word at the same
>> time). If I were an author, I'd leave it as is, but then again, I'm a fan of
>> Pratchett's Dictionary of Eye-Watering Words...
> 
> I'm a fan of the word as well, I think it adds a bit of character to the spec.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Steven
> 

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