Re: 163.7 and 144 - proposal to use the phrase "Easy to Understand Language"

+1 for "easy to understand," which can also then be repurposed when
referring to images or non-linguistic communication and patterns, as well.

Rain

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 6:08 AM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> We have to decide on a consistent  for easy to read/ plain language/ easy
> to understand language
>
> I suggest we move away from easy reading, as reading is not the same as
> comprehension, and people so often check for plain language by checking the
> reading age when they are not the same thing!
>
> This would leave plain language / easy to understand language
>
> reviewing issue  <http://goog_1256305690>163
> <https://github.com/w3c/coga/issues/163> part 7 , I think he makes a good
> case for e*asy to understand language*.
> (This also relates to issues 144)
>
> Note that once we decide we should check it with internationalization.
>
> All the best
>
> lisa
>