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Ask HN: Is there an ISO code for “gibberish”?
I'm organizing my songs by language and this happens from time to time. I'm thinking of using the deprecated "JI"[0] but would love to follow a standard if there is one.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes#JI
- Someone 6y agoConsider using the ISO 639-2 three-letter code or its extension ISO 639-3. They have codes for “miscellaneous”, “undetermined” and “no linguistic content” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2#Special_situations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2#Special_situations) and a range “reserved for local use” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2#Reserved_for_local_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2#Reserved_for_local_u...)
- qqn 6y agoThank you. Great handle, by the way.
- cordite 6y agoIn one of my past employers, we used “ZZ” for the “gibberish” environment, which was auto generated from English EN to include all sorts of accents and symbols, as well as padding to the max width specified on every label and field.