[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Discussion: German leader titles

[Daniel Markstedt <himasaram@xxxxxxxx>]

On 2005-10-08, at 23.05, Jason Dorje Short wrote:

> Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> > While creating an experimental Nazi nation, I picked a bunch of   
> > German-language leader titles. Now the project is scrapped, but I   
> > though maybe some of the titles could be recycled and used in the   
> > German nation. Share your thoughts on this!
> > Daniel
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -- ---------
> > ruler_titles = { "government",     "male_title",       "female_title"
> >              "Despotism",      _("Fuhrer"),          _("Fuhrer")
> >              "Monarchy",       _("Kaiser"),          _("Kaiser")
> >              "Republic",       _("Reichskanzler"),    
> > _("Reichskanzler")
> >              "Communism",      _("Genosse"),         _("Genosse")
> >              "Democracy",      _("Bundeskanzler"),    
> > _("Bundeskanzler")
> >              "Anarchy",        _("Reichsmarschall"),  
> > _("Reichsmarschall")
> >                }
> Since Fuhrer has such a bad political connotation it should not be  
> used for the *default* government.
> -jason
No I know this is still a very sensitive issue around the world. What  
about the other ones then? At least "Kaiser" is well known and more or  
less uncontroversial.
Daniel