[Bug manual/27154] New: The English designation of ISO is not correct in section 1.2.1

[Bug manual/27154] New: The English designation of ISO is not correct in section 1.2.1

[wbresler at gmail dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27154

            Bug ID: 27154
           Summary: The English designation of ISO is not correct in
                    section 1.2.1
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: manual
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: wbresler at gmail dot com
                CC: mtk.manpages at gmail dot com
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 13097
  --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=13097&action=edit
Correct the English designation of ISO [patch]

In section '1.2.1 ISO C' of the reference manual it says:

    "... and later by the International Standardization Organization (ISO):
..."

This reflects a widespread misunderstanding of the origin and meaning of the
designation ISO.  It is neither an acronym (if  you pronounce it "eye-sew") nor
an initialism (if you pronounce it "eye-ess-oh").  If anyone is interested, see
ISO's website - https://www.iso.org/about-us.html and look for the sidebar
titled "It's all in the name".

The correct English designation for ISO is the "International Organization for
Standardization".

I have attached a patch to correct this in 'intro.texi'.  This is the only
instance of the incorrect usage in the manual.

Hope this helps.

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