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Re.
Add the swedish version of this document.  NOTE:  I'm totally guessing
  on this LANG value; anyone care to correct me if I'm wrong?  I think
  "swedish" in Swedish is "Svenska", right?  I've also got a Norwegian
  doc, but I can't even guess on that one! :)

This is reinventing wheels !
We did this stuff back in '85 at Siemens, Munich, just for 7 European Langs.,

What abbreviation do you propose for the xhosa click language of africa ?
Will it collide with any others ? Do they always spell it the same ?

I urge you to adopt an existing international standard:
	The international dial code prefix, such as 1 for usa, 44 for britain,
or the international car registration number plate system:
	D for Deutschland, ESP for Spain (I think) etc

No doubt there are problems with existing systems, 
but at least we count on other world bodies to sort those out for us :-)

Yet another non standard is something we don't need !
Not only that, but its unintelligable ! Consider scenario in coming years:

	"Hey Guys Ive Got a README.FDL|IHL'RE\WUH here,
	any  of you people in that country care to tell me its name 
	in English please (or even Portuguese, anything really)
	& where on the globe IS FDL|IHL'RE\WUH	
	(& how do I map the spelling of those | ' \ to lower case)
	Is it an island in the Pacific ? Do they wear short grass skirts ?

Julian S	Munich	Phone Prefix: 49	Vehicule Prefix: D