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authorCarl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>2014-10-20 12:01:01 -0600
committerCarl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>2014-10-20 12:01:28 -0600
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Clarify that HTTP Accept-Language header is case-insensitive.
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@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ Here are some other terms that will help us to handle a common language:
language code
Represents the name of a language. Browsers send the names of the
languages they accept in the ``Accept-Language`` HTTP header using this
- format. Examples: ``it``, ``de-at``, ``es``, ``pt-br``. Both the language
- and the country parts are in lower case. The separator is a dash.
+ format. Examples: ``it``, ``de-at``, ``es``, ``pt-br``. Language codes
+ are generally represented in lower-case, but the HTTP ``Accept-Language``
+ header is case-insensitive. The separator is a dash.
message file
A message file is a plain-text file, representing a single language,