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Re: USA dominion: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 25 July 2020 22:06 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: USA dominion: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
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In article <20200725211141.GK43465@faui48f.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> you write:
>Or have no opinions about what technical words would most likely be desirable
>for network engineers in my country (RFC text terms matching other educational material
>for example) ? Or whether avoiding specific words isin RFC would be seen as culturally
>benefical in my country ?

I would be surprised if 5% of chapter members had ever read an RFC.
They are predominantly Internet users, not Internet engineers. ISOC
has chapters all over the world and many chapter members don't speak
English.

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