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Date:      Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:27:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Motoyuki Konno <motoyuki@snipe.rim.or.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-tech-jp@jp.freebsd.org, jdp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-translate@ngo.org.uk, doc@FreeBSD.ORG, kuriyama@sky.rim.or.jp, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, nclayton@lehman.com, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
Subject:   Re: Resolution: FDP reorganisation
Message-ID:  <199906280427.AAA01972@smtp1.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: <199906271240.VAA06437@rei.snipe.rim.or.jp>

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On 27-Jun-99 Motoyuki Konno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>   * How many distinct languages are catered for in that directory?  There's
>>     no way to tell.
>> 
>>   * It's incredibly inconsistent.  Look at
>> 
>>        en_US.utf/      US English, probably
> 
> I think "en" is better.  Because English is used in many countries
> (U.K., Austraria, New Zealand, etc.).

Yeah, but US English is a bit different than British English.. mostly in the
form of idioms.  Although I doubt it, it is entirely possible, that we might
end up with a en_UK.ISO-8559-1 (or whatever it is called).

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> Motoyuki Konno                  mkonno@res.yamanashi-med.ac.jp   (Univ)
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> Yamanashi Medical University    http://www.freebsd.org/~motoyuki/ (WWW)
> 
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