On 2 Dec 2006 at 12:36, Metin Akbil wrote:
> > > Saturday, December 2, 2006, 3:37:04 AM, you wrote: > > > Metin Akbil wrote: > >>> There is nothing wrong with the program as it stands. The choices are > >>> "Turkish Lira [in the 'Kurdish(Turkey)' locale]" and "Turkish Lira [in > >>> the 'Turkish' locale]". > >>> > >>> -- > >>> John W. Kennedy > >> > >> The problem is with the "Kurdish (Turkey) locale". Please check > >> official sources, such a locale doesn't exist. I live in > >> Turkey and the only locale in use in Turkey is Turkish (Turkey). My > >> objection is to citing a 'Kurdish locale' in Turkey. This is not a > >> language issue. > >> As I stated previously, such information should be acquired from > >> reliable official sources, such arbitrarily made up false information does > >> not reflect well on an otherwise good product. > > > Is it indeed "official" that one may not write in the Kurdish language > > in Turkey? Tell us more. I'm sure the European Court of Human Rights > > will be very interested to learn all about it. > > > > I think you have a problem understanding the English language! > Please don't follow up on hidden agendas that you know very little or > nothing about. I specifically stated that this is not a language > issue, people can speak and write whatever language thet want in Turkey. > The official language is Turkish, what languages people use in their > everyday lives is up to them, there are no restrictions. For > your information, there are a couple of radio stations broadcasting in > Kurdish. Why insist on having a "Kurdish locale in Turkey"? You can > set the language to Kurdish, as well as Arabic, Georgian, Greek, > Armenian etc. all of which are spoken to some degree in Turkey. > So, instead of citing political mumbo jumbo, maybe you can just tell > us where you get the information and whether there is another agenda > here. Kurdish on its own would be correct just as Basque is (It's not > Basque (Spain)) > If you would like to learn more please don't hesitate to ask, I would > be glad to help clear out any misunderstanding and wrong conceptions. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is just a guess, but could Kurdish(Turkey) just refer to the Kurdish language used in a Turkish setting (currency, etc) as opposed to Kurdish used in some other country's setting (eg Iraq). I don't think there is any political agenda here. If you are a Kurd using OOo it has to be in the context of the country you live in. Tony --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
