On 9/22/20 4:15 AM, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 at 07:40, 'caveman رجل الكهف' via vim_use
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On Monday, September 21, 2020 7:01 PM, Tony Mechelynck
<[email protected]> wrote:
Since March 2007, it is a real standing law in the US state of
Arkansas (whose name is to be pronounced as "Arkansaw"), that the
"possessive" (i.e. genitive) form of the state's name must be written
«Arkansas's» and not «Arkansas'». (I'm using French quotes to
emphasize the difference with the apostrophe).
in case we have some arkansas officials here in
the list, i'd like to share a suggestion for free,
tax exempt:
i think the simplest solution is to actually
rename the state into "Arkansa". this way they
can the apostrophe at will however they please,
like "Arkansa's".
even better, rename it to just "Arkan".
information theoretically there are like 50 states
right? so technically we just need:
ceil(log2(50)) = 6 bits only
so clearly "Arkansas", being 64 bits is way an
over kill.
while at it, let's also rename massachusetts, and
other wrong names.
As we've all gone in full off-topic mode, isn't it the case in the US
of A that individual states can also determine their own official
language? I must have read somewhere that one state (which ?) ruled
that its own language should be "American" and not "English", in which
case they are free to make up their own spelling rules.
The real issue here is how one would import the Arkansas's spell
checker into Vim.
The states have a variety of official languages, but none is "American".
From Wikipedia:
> 32 states of the United States, in some cases as part of what has been
> called the English-only movement, have adopted legislation granting
> official status to English. Out of 50 states, 30 have established
> English as the only[citation needed] official language, while Hawaii
> recognizes both English and Hawaiian as official, and Alaska has made
> some 20 native languages official, along with English; for example,
> Alaska provides voting information in English, Iñupiaq, Central
> Yup'ik, Gwich'in, Siberian Yupik, Koyukon, and Tagalog.
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