[OT] Languages and the metric system

On 2024-08-27, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

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In the world of aviation, and that isn't such a small world, the standard is
English.  If there is a pilot in the area that requests all communications are
in English, then that is the rule, at least as I remember it.  That way everyone
knows what everyone else is saying, and doing.
>

Interesting you bring that up. Not directly related to language, but the
aviation world is now officially metric. It's just that for now, you are
allowed to keep the current units for legacy purposes.

So, even in aviation, the world is moving away from the US way of doing
things. :-)

For the record, I think it would be nice if the UK finally completed the
transition to purely metric for everything. It's moving in the right
direction but it is not yet there in important areas.

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For the data, sure, it can be very important to have whatever is required.  But
for the tag/token representing the data, not at all.  Can you describe any
situation where Ascii is not sufficient for a filename?  And then there is the
issue of sorting.
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If you live in a country other than the one called the US. :-)

I have already given some examples from Norway. What about Germany ? What
are they supposed to do with document filenames ? Restrict themselves for
the convenience of the US ?

What about Asian countries with all their different types of language
systems ?

Your question above is an example of a _very_ US-centric way of thinking.

Simon.

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