Hello Alex, *, On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 08:05:00AM +1000, Alex Fisher wrote: [missing de-dictionary in en_US version of DEV300m] > Probably (I'm guessing here) because the US English build services > North America (the USA and Canada). > > In Canada, Quebec and some surrounding areas speak French, hence a French > dictionary is included.
I would agree with you so far, but ... > In many parts of the USA near the Mexican border, there is a > sizable part of the population which speaks Spanish, hence a > Spanish dictionary. ... AFAIK this is not only near the Mexican border but in large towns all over the US as well. I seem to remember, that I saw a report about a large amount of Hispanics illegally living in the US, which seems to be a problem there ... :( > There is no part of North America which speaks German, so there is > no need to include a German dictionary. Says who ;? I searched the web and I found numbers reaching from 50 to 70 Mio wrt German-Americans (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Americans, where you will find further links), though only 1.38 Mio should speak German there, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_in_the_United_States) ... ;) <snip> And now ;? HTH Thomas. -- BOFH excuse #157: Incorrect time synchronization --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@qa.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@qa.openoffice.org
