On Wednesday 20 June 2007 16:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I would like to point out that the proper name (according to many
> international organisations UN etc) for "Macedonia" is FYROM. I believe
> that that name is proper as the other term is politically and emotionally
> charged and will offend a many number of Greek and Greek-descended users.

We've had that before. From what I understand, what the people from Macedonia 
like to call their language is just that, and that to me is the only 
justification needed. This is not a UN publication nor is it a politcal 
correctness contest, and if I were to make a Klingon translation, I wouldn't 
insist on the term "Klingon Empire" just because somebody national pride may 
be insulted by "Klingon". Same goes for Taiwan, Tibet, Cataluña, Kosovo and 
the Mars Colonies.

~Mik

-- 
Well when _I_ was in school, I had to run Netscape on HP/UX, displayed on my 
local X Server running on a Windows 3.1 box. Displayed over a 2400 baud 
modem. Uphill. Both ways. In the rain. With NOBODY to hold my hands. Because 
the life of the geek is a lonely life.
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