> Whenever I see i18n I just weep over the fact they didn't use the term "lang" That's a bad idea because "lang" or "language" is already dangerously overloade

> Whenever I see i18n I just weep over the fact they didn't use the term "lang" That's a bad idea because "lang" or "language" is already dangerously overloaded. People casually use it to mean any of (actual) language, locale (language + region (+ script, maybe)), script, or any combination of the above.