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Re: Colloquial language [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]

Joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> Thu, 31 May 2012 22:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: Colloquial language [Re: Last Call: <draft-hoffman-tao4677bis-15.txt> (The Tao of IETF: A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force) to Informational RFC]
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On 5/31/12 15:36 , Ben Niven-Jenkins wrote:
> 
> On 31 May 2012, at 09:16, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
>> Sounds like a difficult thing to do with any kind of predictable or
>>  measurable outcome, although it might be fun to ask the Brits if
>> they understand everything the Americans are saying and vice versa
>> :-)
> 
> I don't really have any issues understanding American English but I'm
> regularly gobsmacked by how many North Americans struggle to
> understand some things that I say :-)

Do we spell Standardization with and s or a z?

> Ben
> 
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