[plug] en_GB kde i18n

[John Knight]

ahhhhhhhh, finally a companion in this deep dark world! ;) i sodding hate 
americani"z"ation too, i just wish we were in the majority so that we could 
stick in "programme" if we wanted. if there are any other fellow "programme" 
spellers, please speak up and tell me!

>yeah, g'day john
>
>personally, i much prefer "programme". it's the original spelling and it
>stands against the creeping americani"z"ation of our language. same goes 
>for
>"theorise" and lots of other words that n. americans spell with zeds where
>there ought to be esses.
>
>aunty.
>
>On Saturday 14 July 2001 15:37, John Knight wrote:
> > 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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