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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>, 3450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3450: 23.0.91; HELLO file: Finnish name for language is "suomi"
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +0900

In article <87skiipuu0.fsf <at> iki.fi>, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi> writes:

> Here's a minor but easily fixable bug in HELLO file (C-h h). In the file
> Finnish name for our language is written in capital letters but it
> should be in small letters. Capital "Suomi" means our country; "suomi is
> the language. I'd also write "hyvää" in small letters because it doesn't
> begin a new sentence. So this would be the correct version:

> Finnish (suomi)                 Hei, hyvää päivää
>          ^                           ^

Thank you.  We'll fix "suomi".  But for "hyvää", I'm not
sure.  That part is not a normal setence but is a listing of
words saying hello, and "," is just a separator of each
independent item.  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?

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Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org

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