On Mar 17, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Michael Edward McNeil wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:29, Bob Hinden <bob.hin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Michael Edward McNeil wrote: > > Since Americans habitually use month-day order anyway, why would YYYY-MM-DD > > be especially difficult for them? It's Europeans and others who typically > > use day-month order that would seem likely to incur difficulties -- except > > that putting the year first is a pretty glaring clue that the order > > shouldn't be regarded as it usually is for them. > > > > Since this thread is about making things clearer, I would comment on your use > of the word "Americans". Americans means everyone in North and South > America. I suspect what is meant here, is just the USA. > > > Reminds me of a little kid who runs up and proclaims (this actually happened > to me), "I'm not a kid! Kids are baby goats!" Well, kids may be baby goats > -- but they're also (sometimes brattish) young humans -- and most speakers of > human languages quickly become cognizant of the fact that every spoken > language has words with more than one accepted meaning, which are perfectly > correct in context, viz. dictionary.com: > > A·mer·i·can [uh-mer-i-kuhn] > > 1. of or pertaining to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an > American citizen. > 2. of or pertaining to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: > the American continents. > 3. of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, > usually excluding the Eskimos.... > > Hm, I wonder which of those meanings could possibly have been intended here? > > Michael McNeil >
Canadians like to think of themselves as fairly peaceful people, unless of course, you call them American. Or you are discussing hockey at the Olympics. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
