Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-07 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Bart Cornelis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > What about a : "Where are you" kind of neutral question ? > > second that, in fact the Dutch translation currently uses (the Dutch > equivalent of): > Where is this system located (territory, area, or region)? > Im thinking of dropping the (...) p

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-07 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-04-07 09:26, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:55:39AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Quoting Dan Jacobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > "Choose a country, territory or area:" > > > > > > How about just one of > > > "Choose a

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:55:39AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Dan Jacobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > "Choose a country, territory or area:" > > > > How about just one of > > "Choose a territory:" or > > "Choose an area:" or > > "Choose a region:"? > > No, because about 30 translat

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:55:39AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Dan Jacobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > "Choose a country, territory or area:" > > How about just one of > > "Choose a territory:" or > > "Choose an area:" or > > "Choose a region:"? > No, because about 30 translators al

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-06 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Dan Jacobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > "Choose a country, territory or area:" > > How about just one of > "Choose a territory:" or > "Choose an area:" or > "Choose a region:"? No, because about 30 translators already translated the above which was changed several days ago...:-) And also,

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-04-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "Choose a country, territory or area:" How about just one of "Choose a territory:" or "Choose an area:" or "Choose a region:"? One size fits all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-20 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Anton Zinoviev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 20.III.2004 at 17:02 Christian Perrier wrote: > > > > Official ISO-3166 name is "MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF" > > This name is humiliating and outraging common sense. This is the official ISO-3166 names, chosen from United Nations l

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-20 Thread Anton Zinoviev
On 20.III.2004 at 17:02 Christian Perrier wrote: > > Official ISO-3166 name is "MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF" This name is humiliating and outraging common sense. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-20 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > wouldn't it also be FYROM (or FYRO Macedonia) for The Former Yugoslav > > Republic Of Macedonia instead of plain Macedonia ? Official ISO-3166 name is "MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF" > Hypothetical example: - Moldova - contains

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 09:49:26AM +0200, George Papamichelakis wrote: > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > >Christian Perrier wrote: > > > > > >>I'm considering changing the wording of the main countrychooser > >>question. > >> > >>Currently, this is, very simply: > >> > >>"Choose a country:" > >> > >> >

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-20 Thread George Papamichelakis
Thiemo Seufer wrote: Christian Perrier wrote: I'm considering changing the wording of the main countrychooser question. Currently, this is, very simply: "Choose a country:" Indeed, several entries in the list (taken from ISO-3166) are not countries, strictly speaking. The most important examp

Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-19 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Christian Perrier wrote: > I'm considering changing the wording of the main countrychooser > question. > > Currently, this is, very simply: > > "Choose a country:" > > > Indeed, several entries in the list (taken from ISO-3166) are not > countries, strictly speaking. > > The most important exa

Changing the wording of countrychooser main question

2004-03-19 Thread Christian Perrier
I'm considering changing the wording of the main countrychooser question. Currently, this is, very simply: "Choose a country:" Indeed, several entries in the list (taken from ISO-3166) are not countries, strictly speaking. The most important example seems to be "Taiwan" which is, BOTH for the