On 3 Dec 2006 at 2:13, Metin Akbil wrote:

> > 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
> 
> I understand what you are saying. I am not sure if the Kurdish used in
> Iraq or Iran is the same as in Turkey, I heard that there are
> different dialects. Still, it would make more sense to let the user
> select what language they want to use in the language section, rather
> than set arbitrary locales. This is a technical issue, if what you say
> was intended than there should be a lot of other options such as
> Armenian (Turkey), Spanish (US), Basque (Spain), Macedonian
> (Greece/Romania?), Chechen (Russia)  etc.
> I'm just trying to point out a technical inconsistency here.
> 
> Metin

I don't see an inconsistency. There is English(Australia), English(Canada), 
English(Eire) - an Irishman with your agenda would object to this - 
English(USA), English(UK), plus many more.

There is nothing political in these names. It is just a shortened way of naming 
the 
specific version of a language. For example English(Canada) would read as 
"English as written and used in Canada". As I stated in another email Kurdish 
in 
Turkey uses a different alphabet from other countries, therefore 
Kurdish(Turkey) is correct and should be interpreted as "Kurdish as written in 
Turkey". The only political agenda is the one that you apply to it.


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Larry I. Gusaas,
Moose Jaw, Sask.
http://larry-gusaas.com





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