OT: OS X 10.2.4 non-standard & unconstitutional

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Mon Apr 14 23:04:08 CEST 2003


At 12:41 -0800 2003-04-14, Sean M. Burke wrote:
>At 4/14/2003 07:17 PM +0100, Marion Gunn wrote:
>>OS X 10.2.4 System Preferences currently reads 'Ireland (English) and
>>Ireland (Gaelic)', an expression which is unusual, non-standard and
>>unconstutional.
>>
>>OS X 10.2.4 System Preferences should read 'Ireland (English) and Ireland
>>(Irish)'. [...]
>
>"Ireland (Irish)" isn't exactly the most fluid-sounding phrase, either.

That's one reason Apple chose "Ireland (Gaelic)" for the menu items.

Other reasons on the Unicode list. And on GAELIC-L.
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