- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 06:15:22 +0900
- To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Forwarded. At 20:12 1999/11/29 -0500, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Michael; > > > Ar 09:29 +0900 1999-11-29, scr=EDobh Masataka Ohta: > > > > >> Recently we have requested the ISO 639-2 RA to add a single 3-letter code > > >> for Sign Languages (deaf and otherwise). This single code can be combined > > >> with ISO 3166-1 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes usefully. > > > > > >And it unnecessarily distinguish same Sign Languages in different countries= > > =2E > > > > It does _not_. Sorry, but you are dead wrong. Sign Languages _are_ > > different in different countries; and some countries have more than one. > > It's not a counter argument to my points. > > However, you now are confirming the obvious fact that Sign Languages are > no different from spoken languages that ISO 3166 is equally useless to > them. > > Thank you for denying yourself to have mentioned Sign Languages. > > Masataka Ohta > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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