- From: Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:20:30 +0100
- To: Karen Myers <karen@w3.org>, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- CC: Peter Krautzberger <peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org>, Bill Kasdorf <bkasdorf@apexcovantage.com>, Tzviya Siegman <tsiegman@wiley.com>, W3C Digital Publishing IG <public-digipub-ig@w3.org>
On 20/01/2015 16:17, Karen Myers wrote: > > On 1/20/15 9:59 AM, Thierry MICHEL wrote: >> >> >> On 20/01/2015 15:04, Ivan Herman wrote: >>> >>>> On 20 Jan 2015, at 14:59 , Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 20/01/2015 14:19, Peter Krautzberger wrote: >>>>>> I am not sure I understand who are the pigs. >>>>> >>>>> We (the TF) had decided to do a test run with a small number of test >>>>> subjects; this found approval on a regular IG call later. >>>>> >>>>> The goal will be to reduce our inevitable blind spots before releasing >>>>> it to the wider group of people. The data from these test subjects >>>>> would >>>>> not enter the survey (though they would be able to take part in the >>>>> final survey as well). >>>> >>>> Yes I am aware of that resolution, I couldn't (and don't) >>>> understand why they are called pigs. >>>> >>> >>> Thierry, >>> >>> "guinea pig" is an English expression. It is a name of an animal: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig >>> >>> in contrast google translate, it is 'cochon d'inde' in Frence. And it >>> is also used as an expression for "cobaye". >> >> sorry but I was not aware of this english meaning and in France you >> would not want to be called a pig nor a guinea pig ;-) >> >> in French Guinea pig is 'cochon d'inde', which actually means pigs of >> America, because when Christopher Columbus discovered America he >> thought it was India. >> So some animals like turkey (dinde, cochon d'inde, dindon) and indians >> carry that indian spell. > Also "ble d'Inde" is used in Quebec for sweet corn that humans eat. Right but not in France, we say Ma�s. (probably because we don't eat much corn or we eat the same corn as the animals ;-) >> >> Thierry >> >> >>> >>> Ivan >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> Ivan Herman, W3C >>> Digital Publishing Activity Lead >>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >>> mobile: +31-641044153 >>> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
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