[OSM-talk] LCCWG Moderation Subcommittee holding public discussions on Etiquette Guidelines

[Greg Troxel]

Hugh Kelley <hghklly at gmail.com> writes:

> Is there any precedent for an organization choosing to limit itself to a
> subset of the designated language they use?
>
> As someone who has worked in languages other than my native english, it
> seems very strange to think that looking up new words would not be a
> necessary part of that work. It's a part of working in my native language
> as well.
>
> To me, if it's established enough for Miriam Webster  and the Oxford
> English Dictionary it's established enough for anyone else.
>
> Perhaps any word that is controversial could be replaced with "frindle". :)

It's not that it is controversial, but that it fails at communicating
because (my impresssion, would be interesting to see data) even most
educated speakers of English do not know it.

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use was in 2012.  To me
that's quite recent.
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