Re: Pashto spelling problem

["Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>]

On 12/15/07, admin pakhtosoft com <admin pakhtosoft com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I mailed the ISO 639 site ( http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ ) about
> changing the spelling of "Pushto" to "Pashto", they said:
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> Since this has been defined as "Pushto" for quite awhile, we would want to
> keep that spelling since some users may know it that way, but we can add
> the additional spelling "Pashto". Thank you for this suggestion.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^  Rebecca S. Guenther                                   ^^
> ^^  Chair, ISO 639-2 Maintenance Agency                   ^^
> ^^  Senior Networking and Standards Specialist            ^^
> ^^  Library of Congress                                   ^^
> ^^  Washington, DC 20540-4402                             ^^
> ^^  (202) 707-5092 (voice)    (202) 707-0115 (FAX)        ^^
> ^^  rgue loc gov                                          ^^
> ^^                                                        ^^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> So, I hope you will change the spelling to "Pashto".

Great news. But this change is not being reflected in the code list
yet. When the code list is updated with this change, please let this
list know.


Christian