- From: Karen Myers <karen@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:17:44 -0500
- To: Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org>, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- CC: Peter Krautzberger <peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org>, Bill Kasdorf <bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com>, Tzviya Siegman <tsiegman@wiley.com>, W3C Digital Publishing IG <public-digipub-ig@w3.org>
On 1/20/15 9:59 AM, Thierry MICHEL wrote: > > > On 20/01/2015 15:04, Ivan Herman wrote: >> >>> On 20 Jan 2015, at 14:59 , Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20/01/2015 14:19, Peter Krautzberger wrote: >>>>> I am not sure I understand who are the pigs. >>>> >>>> We (the TF) had decided to do a test run with a small number of test >>>> subjects; this found approval on a regular IG call later. >>>> >>>> The goal will be to reduce our inevitable blind spots before releasing >>>> it to the wider group of people. The data from these test subjects >>>> would >>>> not enter the survey (though they would be able to take part in the >>>> final survey as well). >>> >>> Yes I am aware of that resolution, I couldn't (and don't) >>> understand why they are called pigs. >>> >> >> Thierry, >> >> "guinea pig" is an English expression. It is a name of an animal: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig >> >> in contrast google translate, it is 'cochon d'inde' in Frence. And it >> is also used as an expression for "cobaye". > > sorry but I was not aware of this english meaning and in France you > would not want to be called a pig nor a guinea pig ;-) > > in French Guinea pig is 'cochon d'inde', which actually means pigs of > America, because when Christopher Columbus discovered America he > thought it was India. > So some animals like turkey (dinde, cochon d'inde, dindon) and indians > carry that indian spell. Also "ble d'Inde" is used in Quebec for sweet corn that humans eat. > > Thierry > > >> >> Ivan >> >> >> >> ---- >> Ivan Herman, W3C >> Digital Publishing Activity Lead >> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> mobile: +31-641044153 >> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 >> >> >> >> >
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