[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Inca -> Incan (PR#147)

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Hunt wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 03:40:07PM +1000, David Pfitzner wrote:
> 
> > - In the English language, the adjective and plural forms are the 
> > same in some cases (eg English, French, etc), but this is probably 
> > not the case in other languages, so these should use the new 
> > qualifier prefix (eg "?plural:English") ?
> 
> This would be good even if we only cared about the Engligh language:
> 
> a)  The English enjoy eating English muffins.
> b)  The Incas enjoy eating Incan muffins.

Yes, but isn't this is already handled fine, having the following?
(where "name" really means "adjective")

name=_("English")
plural=_("English")

name=_("Incan")
plural=_("Incas")


Actually I'm still a bit confused about "Incan", because
in the dictionary entry which gives "Incan" (adjective), there 
are references to "the Inca empire", and "Inca influence", which 
it would have seemed would become "Incan empire" etc if "Incan" 
were the generically correct adjective? :-/

> My other language nit:  "The Americans have started building The
> Women's Sufferage in Boston!"  Groan.

And?  I guess you are meaning that "The <wonder-name>" is not
a good construction in general?

-- David