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Re: Changing the wording of countrychooser main question



Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater (amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk):


> > wouldn't it also be FYROM (or FYRO Macedonia)  for The Former Yugoslav 
> > Republic Of Macedonia  instead of plain  Macedonia ?

Official ISO-3166 name is "MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF"

> Hypothetical example: - Moldova - contains Russians, Moldovans and 
> other ethnic groups - Moldovan language similar to Romanian.  
> 
> So you have Moldova - Russian keyboard/Cyrillic, Moldova - Latin keyboard,
> Moldovan, Moldova - Cyrillic keyboard, Moldovan.  

MD=MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF

> If you have a Greek language locale, will that suffice for Cyprus for 
> Greek speaking Cypriots? [Turkish language locale suffice for Turkish 
> Cypriots/UK English for Akrotiri and Episcopi?] 
> 
> There are no easy answers :(

The country/territory/area drivers other things than language and
keyboard, for instance timezone and mirror....

Anyway, I think I have to bother Alastair Mc Kinstry because several
names used in iso_3166.tab ar not official English names for these
countries/territories/areas of particular geopolitical interest





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