13473 2011-07-30 19:55:54 +0000 Language of spec should be accessible to non-native speakers 2011-08-31 23:26:10 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 trivial --- 1 jirka ian ayg ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 51828 0 jirka 2011-07-30 19:55:54 +0000 Please limit usage of rare English words which makes spec hard to understand for non-native speakers. For example word "unbeknownst" in the section 2.1.1 Resources. 51866 1 ayg 2011-07-31 14:42:52 +0000 It's probably best if you gave specific examples, possibly filing more bugs as you find more specific examples. Most native speakers aren't used to writing for non-native speakers, and aren't necessarily going to guess which words are going to be viewed as hard. 51869 2 jirka 2011-07-31 16:30:29 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > It's probably best if you gave specific examples, possibly filing more bugs as > you find more specific examples. Most native speakers aren't used to writing > for non-native speakers, and aren't necessarily going to guess which words are > going to be viewed as hard. Indeed, if I will found more "rare" words I will add them here. 53354 3 mike 2011-08-04 05:13:03 +0000 mass-move component to LC1 56122 4 ian 2011-08-31 23:26:10 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: unbeknownst is a perfectly cromulent word.