No, I think that was by American fiat, not treaty. Sort of like the Monroe Doctrine, I think this sort of entitlement comes from the We Have a Bigger Economy and More Guns Than You Doctrine. At least until China gets its act together and then we may all be spelling things with ideograms.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Change ip of sles9 -snip- We Americans are permitted (under international treaty it seems) to pronounce any word any way we want, with emphasis on proper nouns. We will Anglicize the word upon first contact and then spell and pronounce according to our whim. -snip- -- Chuckie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
