[plug] en_GB kde i18n

Robert Andrews squirrel at emerge.net.au
Sat Jul 14 19:01:55 WST 2001


Hi John as an Aussie from the bush I would prefer 'Program'

----- Original Message -----
From: John Knight <anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:37 PM
Subject: [plug] en_GB kde i18n


> Hi all! Some of you know me already but I'm the coordinator for the
English
> Great Britain Translating Team for KDE. As en_GB (English Great Britain)
is
> the language that will now be used by default (instead of US) for KDE
users
> in the UK, Australia, NZ etc, I need to know the opinions from fellow
users
> from time to time.
>
> The question I have today is would you prefer to see program or programme?
I
> learnt German as a child and hence 'programme' makes more sense to me but
> the majority of people aren't the same as myself in that area.
>
> At present we are finished for KDE 2.2 and we have left 'program' alone
for
> the time being but if others like my team members want to see programme
> instead, we'd be more than happy to change it.
>
> Please give me feedback on this! Also, we have changed words like
'theorize'
> to 'theorise' due to more common usage and the fact that the 's' is the
> original. Any objections?
>
> I'd love to hear your feedback on this area, bye! :)
> anarchist tomato
> P.S. I live in Australia, not England.
>
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