[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Sugg: Make the "select nation" use get_nation_name_plural?

[Tony Stuckey <stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 01:46:39AM +0200, Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 06:10:38PM +0200, Sini Ruohomaa wrote:
> > I think the nation-selector window should use "Singaporeans"
> > instead of "Singaporean". That is, get_nation_name_plural instead of
> > get_nation_name.
> >   Using the plural
> > 1) is at least as natural as using get_nation_name (which isn't really the
> > nation name and I don't think it serves anyone to try to make it look like
> > one any more than it does ;)) and
> > 2) saves the poor Finnish translation team by not forcing us to come up
> > with something in between a nationality attribute and a nationality name
> > (which tend to look the same in English, you lucky things ;)) just to not
> > look utterly silly in the startup window, see my earlier L10n rant for
> > details.
> > 
> > get_nation_name (1.12.0 current) gives:
> > "Select nation and name:
> > o Singaporean
> > o Zulu
> > o Israeli
> > o Inca"
> > 
> > Instead, using get_nation_name_plural would be closer to:
> > "Select nation and name:
> > o Singaporeans
> > o Zulus
> > o Israelis
> > o Incas"
> > 
> > I'd greatly appreciate it if someone fixed this for me. I don't do C
> > and have no experience in submitting patches myself.
> I have made a patch but I have no strong opinion that it should be
> applied. You will need to convince the people that this is the way to
> go.

        I'm pretty convinced.  The original problem report and later
discussion was quite coherent.
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Anthony J. Stuckey                              stuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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