[plug] KDE en_GB i18n question!

John Knight anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 13 01:01:25 WST 2002


Speaking of signatures, I just noticed that someone's using mine (not a 
hotmail one obviously). Did you get that from me Leon? That'd be so cool!

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>I think i mind the smutty signatures less than this....
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>But hey, its a free country.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Knight [mailto:anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2002 12:22 AM
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] KDE en_GB i18n question!
>
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>Don't go by Aussie dictionaries, they're rubbish! Pommy English with a few
>more Americanisms and some inbred spellings? Feck that! Use the Oxford! The
>enrollment/enrolment thing was already covered, the "ll" is American.
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>We can't move it onto another mailing list, because these questions appear
>very infequently, and no-one would subscribe to the sodding things.
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>KDE Bloke
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> >I would also prefer journalling, but my guess is that either spelling
> >would be acceptable.  I recently had trouble with enrol(l)ment; since
> >pronunciation of the 'o' sound varies with accent, the "double the next
> >letter" rule doesn't always apply.  The preferred spelling for
> >enrol(l)ment isn't even consistent across Australian and English
> >(British) dictionaries.
> >
> >Can I also suggest that these discussions be moved to a separate mailing
> >list if they're going to become a regular thing?  They aren't really
> >related to Linux, and I'm sure we're annoying someone.
> >
> >Perhaps the Australian Unitied Super Spelling Intellectual Eggheads?
> >(since I missed out on the silly acronyms the other day  :)
> >
> >
> >--
> >  Leon Blackwell                | Never be afraid to try something new.
> >  http://www.lostrealm.com/     | Remember, amateurs built the ark.
> >  jabber:Lionfire at lostrealm.com | Professionals built the Titanic.
> >
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