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From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] american english/british english/??? english
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:08:59
Message-Id: 42CE5E64.3080102@gotadsl.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-doc] american english/british english/??? english by Shyam Mani
1 Shyam Mani wrote:
2
3 >Peter Humphrey wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >
7 >>I'd like to know what support there would be for splitting the two
8 >>languages, so that original documents would be written using either the
9 >>en_GB or the en_US locale and then be translated to the other. I'd be
10 >>happy to contribute to such a translation effort.
11 >>
12 >>
13 >
14 >This is a serious waste of time IMHO. en_GB and en_US. Makes zero sense
15 >to have two versions of the same doc. What about the other zillion en_*
16 >locales? :)
17 >
18 >
19 True, it would be expensive. As to the other en_*, US seems to be the
20 only one that's making such a determined dash for freedom. :-P
21
22 >My point is, if a doc is readable, understandable and correct
23 >grammatically and/or otherwise...it is fine.
24 >
25 >
26
27 Again, there's no such thing as "correct" grammar, so we must expect
28 pleas for this or that stylistic change to continue indefinitely. :-)
29
30 I'll subside now...
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33 Rgds
34 Peter Humphrey
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