Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:13:53 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906240713k6624dc4er444f695f42dd93f2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200906240959.16325.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> References: <200906181114.43935.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <20090623203608.GB15815@comcast.net> <20090623213516.GQ64856@carrick.bishnet.net> <200906240959.16325.tabthorpe@freebsd.org>
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2009/6/24 Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@freebsd.org>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On June 23, 2009 05:35:16 pm Tim Bishop wrote: >> > If i18n is too cryptic or too alphanumeric, and internationalization is >> > too long, why not go with "nls"? >> >> How about internationalisation? ;-) >> >> Tim. > > As a Canadian who prefers en_GB, I fought every urge to propose that one. > Since FreeBSD has en_US as its base language, I felt compelled to use zed in > of ess :> > I'm constantly involved in a fight between my 'evil' and 'good' side; I can't stand the usual US spellings as a Brit, but I always end up admitting to myself that US spellings generally: make more sense; and are essentially an improvement on a language that's horrible to understand and learn properly anyway. Though I still reserve the right to hate the inconsistent use of 'z' (why internationalize but surmise; realize but enterprise, etc etc)! </rant> You'll never hear this from me again, I promise. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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