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23.0.91; HELLO file: Finnish name for language is "suomi"

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From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi>
Cc: 3450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3450: 23.0.91; HELLO file: Finnish name for language is
 "suomi"
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:18:36 +0900

In article <874oux2a6x.fsf <at> iki.fi>, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi> writes:

> > If that file is written in <TABLE> of HTML, perhaps we'll format it as
> > this:
> >
> > <TR><TD>Finnish</TD><TD>suomi</TD><TD>Hei</TD><TD>Hyvää päivää</TD></TR>
> >
> > Should we downcase "Hyvää" in that case?

> In such context it's quite free. You could write them all small letters
> or capitalize only the first letter of item in a table cell, like:

>     Finnish     suomi       hei         hyvää päivää

> or

>     Finnish     suomi       Hei         Hyvää päivää

How about modifying the line as this:

Finnish (suomi)	            Hei / Hyvää päivää

Then, it is clear that each of "Hei" and "Hyvää päivää" is
an independent item, isn't it?  I think the other lines
should take this format too.

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org

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