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Old 12-12-2006, 08:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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non-english term, english extension

I am not sure if English fully encompasses having a .com extension, but I forget the term used to describe .com .net etc. as it uses the same letters as French, spanish, etc.

but on to the point.

if the point of IDNs is to adapt to the languages of all people, then why are there not appropriate extensions to follow the terms.

Not sure how keyboards work in other countries, but for me it seems a little weird to have to type term in one language and extension in another.

Is this not really a big deal??
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Re: non-english term, english extension

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I am not sure if English fully encompasses having a .com extension, but I forget the term used to describe .com .net etc. as it uses the same letters as French, spanish, etc.

but on to the point.

if the point of IDNs is to adapt to the languages of all people, then why are there not appropriate extensions to follow the terms.

Not sure how keyboards work in other countries, but for me it seems a little weird to have to type term in one language and extension in another.

Is this not really a big deal??
CTRL-Enter will add a .com at the end so you don't have to do a switch. However doing the switch from one language to another is rather simple and takes a second.

ICANN is working right now and discussing DNAME which will map .com etc to their appropriate extensions in other languages. This most likely will happen. If it doesn't these will still work as they are already getting traffic and users are used to adding the .com .
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Old 12-13-2006, 05:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: non-english term, english extension

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I am not sure if English fully encompasses having a .com extension, but I forget the term used to describe .com .net etc. as it uses the same letters as French, spanish, etc.

but on to the point.

if the point of IDNs is to adapt to the languages of all people, then why are there not appropriate extensions to follow the terms.

Not sure how keyboards work in other countries, but for me it seems a little weird to have to type term in one language and extension in another.

Is this not really a big deal??
It's a good question. But basically switching between Japanese and English is not much harder than turning on caps. I do it without thinking all the time and have watched other Japanese do it.
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Re: non-english term, english extension

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I am not sure if English fully encompasses having a .com extension, but I forget the term used to describe .com .net etc. as it uses the same letters as French, spanish, etc.

but on to the point.

if the point of IDNs is to adapt to the languages of all people, then why are there not appropriate extensions to follow the terms.

Not sure how keyboards work in other countries, but for me it seems a little weird to have to type term in one language and extension in another.

Is this not really a big deal??

Is .com english? Many people, Asians, especially, do not associate .com with .commerce. They just think of it as some sort of global extension.
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Is .com english? Many people, Asians, especially, do not associate .com with .commerce. They just think of it as some sort of global extension.
That is why eventually map to Gongzi or not is a total read herring. Any symbols that come to be identified with Dot Com will have the same value whether they mean anything at all. It is the Dot Com Brand that is valuable and any local manifestation of that brand will be recognised and used whether it means anything or not!
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