Re: Bits about countrychooser and languagechooser
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On 2004-01-27 16:19, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Bart Cornelis (cobaco@linux.be):
> > definately, there's _no way_ that you'll be able to specify one default
> > for the whole of Belgium: if you choose either French or Dutch then not
> > only are a lot of people going to grumble, but a fair number will see
> > this as an attack on their culture and will _actively_ oppose using
> > Debian. Yes, it's that big of a cultural issue with fairly large groups
> > on both sides of "the language border".
>
> This is why I very intentionnally choose Belgium as the best example
> for showing Anton that having a default language for a given country
> is nearly impossible....:-)
<shrug>a rich history has its drawbacks</shrug>
> Sorry for having used your country as a counter example but, imho, this
> is probably not the best that Belgium shows to the rest of the world (I
> tend to prefer Justine Henin's legs, indeed...:-)....or some beverages in
> "Het Waterhuis ann de bierkant" at Gent....
>
> ;-)
LOL, you definately have a point there
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