Re: Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:57:14AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On 14 Apr 2006, Linas ??virblis stated:
>
> > Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
> >>>> Is there a problem with using "Amateur (Ham) Radio"?
> >>> It is unnecessarily complicated.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Since when has dumbing down debian been a goal?
> >
> > It is not about "dumbing down Debian". It is about not having dumb
> > names for menu sections.
>
> Amateur radio is the dumb name, for people who are confused by
> what the practioners call it -- HAM radio.
This might be US-centric. The use of the formal name "amateur radio" is
much more common here in Australia.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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