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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