 | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | (...) I should back up a couple steps and explain the objectives of the /loc/ page. There are two at this stage: 1) For repeat visitors who know where they're going, it's a stepping stone from the root homepage to the individual town or country (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Todd: Just like Larry, would I find it very useful to have the country names in my native language[1] on the /loc/ page. It is kind of messy to mix several languages on the same page. Even if it is just place names. How do you choose how to sort? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) For right now, it's sorting ASCIIbetically, which is bad, and messes up Austria, for one. (...) I would *looove* to do that. But where, oh, where will I find a n^2 list of country names in multiple languages? Maybe just starting with a few (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | .7AJ@lugnet.com> Distribution: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Todd Lehman: [ /loc/ page in all languages. ] (...) Yes. (...) Different country[1] (even though Danes do seem to think they own it). Jacob 1) <URL:(URL) (and this one should work) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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