Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 May 2001 15:34:18 +0300 | From | Philips <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix more typos in Configure.help and fs/nls/Config.in |
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Martin Dalecki wrote: > > Nerijus Baliunas wrote: > > > > The ISO639 registrars call it "Belarusian". See > > http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html > > under "English Name of Language". > > Which is a typo in the standard for sure, since belarussian is > meaning "White Russians".
Standard is right. Believe me as someone who are living in Belarus ;-)
Official country name: Belarus Language/Nationality: Belarusian
Standard has taken things right as we pronounce them.
Please apply the patch.
P. S. Political history had made us 'white russians' approx. hundred years ago. Real historical name of country is Lithuania - as our neighbour country is called now.begin:vcard n:Filiapau;Ihar tel;pager:+375 (0) 17 2850000#6683 tel;fax:+375 (0) 17 2841537 tel;home:+375 (0) 17 2118441 tel;work:+375 (0) 17 2841371 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.iph.to org:Enformatica Ltd.;Linux Developement Department adr:;;Kalinine str. 19-18;Minsk;BY;220012;Belarus version:2.1 email;internet:philips@iph.to title:Software Developer note:(none) x-mozilla-cpt:;18368 fn:Philips end:vcard
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