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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: flags and countries
From:       Gérard_Delafond <gerard () delafond ! org>
Date:       2004-08-23 8:02:41
Message-ID: 200408231002.41642.gerard () delafond ! org
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Le lundi 23 Août 2004 05:35, Rafael Beccar a écrit :

> >Is it a political choice ? As a french citizen I did not even know these
> > flags existed. (St Pierre & Miquelon, French Guyane, Wallis, etc.)
>
> Mmm... I don't see French Guyane in the list of countries. I think you are
> taking about the Republic of Guyane, that is an independent country. So,
> Guyane and French Guyane are both in South America and they are very close
> each other but they are different things. And as a South American citizen I
> have known about this flag since I was a kid.     ;-)
>
Oh, yes !  I see french Guyane is not in the list of countries in KControl - 
Countries and languages. Forgot ? On purpose ?

Do you really think this flag

http://perso.club-internet.fr/francedrapeaux/Hexagone/guyane.html

stands in front on United Nations building in NY ? Is it present in Olympic 
games ? I remember Surya Bonaly, the french ice-skate champion did always run 
under french colors.

In timezones, Cayenne has no flag at all. either put the local one (which will 
be confusing for me), or put the french one (which will be more convenient).
Don't forget many french techies live in french Guyane (Kourou). Probably lots 
of them use Linux based systems.

In timezones, Hawaii has got american flag. Why not this one ? 
http://www.50states.com/flag/hiflag.htm

All this is not consistent.

Gerard

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