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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Nations policy
From: Jason Todd <idjason@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 03:04:00 +0000

> > Proposed Policy, (please comment) :
> >
> > 3) Every nations is called after first historical name.
> >    If possible NOT from state name, but tribe name.
> [snip]
> > Point 3 :
> 
> > Completely wrong names are :
> > English    -> Anglosaxons
> Picts.
> 
> > Can-be-made-better names are :
> > French     -> Frankes
> Gauls.
> > Canadian   -> Esquimoes
> Inuit.

Why is it that everyone seems to insist that canadians are all inuit?
And why are we putting them in when they really arn't a very big part of
the north american population, pre 1500AD. If you add them you'd have to
add cree, huron, etc.

> Actually, I don't see anything wrong with the plethora of names.
> 
>   ==Jake ``working on a Texans nameset'' K.



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