<pedantic> Disagree with Don on B – (classical) Latin has *fewer* characters than English (no “j”, no “u”, and no “w”) </pedantic> I’m OK with C in spite of it’s limitations. From: ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Michele Neylon - Blacknight Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 8:27 PM To: Richard Merdinger <rmerdinger@godaddy.com>; Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org> Cc: UA-discuss@icann.org Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Language - how do you refer to non-ASCII to a non-technical audience? I’d agree with Richard. If you’re speaking to non-technical people whose native language is English then C is the best option. ASCII doesn’t mean anything to most non-geeks / techies. I usually use an example when writing about IDNs. In Irish the simplest one is: Seán vs sean http://blog.blacknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Blog-fada-660x372.jpg<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fblog.blacknight.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2016%2f03%2fBlog-fada-660x372.jpg&data=01%7c01%7cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7ca5400e596cfd4132a52308d3b8f28ff9%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=BK2mDA3shFXcTtFPjfDWvYBZVxPZq1VSrT9ZcGzu3k0%3d> Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.host/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://ceo.hosting/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265, Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Richard Merdinger <rmerdinger@godaddy.com<mailto:rmerdinger@godaddy.com>> Date: Friday 29 July 2016 at 21:08 To: Contact <contact@jovenet.email<mailto:contact@jovenet.email>>, Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org<mailto:don.hollander@icann.org>> Cc: "UA-discuss@icann.org<mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org>" <UA-discuss@icann.org<mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Language - how do you refer to non-ASCII to a non-technical audience? C works here…it’s just less imperfect than the others. Agree with what many have said on this thread…the “right” answer is audience and contextually specific. Richard Merdinger VP, Domains - GoDaddy From: <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org<mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Contact <contact@jovenet.email<mailto:contact@jovenet.email>> Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 8:14 AM To: Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org<mailto:don.hollander@icann.org>> Cc: "UA-discuss@icann.org<mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org>" <UA-discuss@icann.org<mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Language - how do you refer to non-ASCII to a non-technical audience? a On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Don Hollander <don.hollander@icann.org<mailto:don.hollander@icann.org>> wrote: I’ve been grappling with this for la very long and now find out I’m not the only one. So, how would you simply refer to IDNs. a) non-ASCII - probably technically correct, but would your grandmother know what this meant? b) non-Latin - Not even close to being correct as Latin character sets have all sorts of extra bits and bobs c) non-English - Currently my favourite at the moment. I’m looking for something really short. Your thoughts? Don -- [age removed by sender.] Jean Guillon contact@jovenet.email<mailto:contact@jovenet.email> Phone: +33.631109837 www.jovenet.consulting<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.jovenet....>