[Theforum] Re: [Admin] Re: langs (was: 17320)

[Martin]

Madhu Menon wrote on 13/11/01 8:10 am

>At 12:35 PM 11/13/2001, you wrote:
>>And is that Quebecois Français, or Français as spoken in the Elysee
>>Palace?
>>And is that Español as spoken in Spain, or that spoken in the other
>>20 countries?
>
>Unfortunately, regional variations will always be there. We can't possibly 
>have every variant :)

Of course - although we should support every varient by separating
language and territory. If someone from the other territory varient
wants it in their varient, then we're very happy for them to do the
translation.

>However, it *is* a better solution than showing a flag, IMHO. Imagine if 
>English were shown with an American flag. What would the Brits, Aussies, 
>etc. think? ;)

We already do that with the lang setting.

Cheers
Martin

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