From kde-i18n-doc  Mon Aug 30 12:58:28 2004
From: Vedran =?utf-8?q?Ljubovi=C4=87?= <vedran-liste () smartnet ! ba>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:58:28 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: Inconsistent use of case in acronyms
Message-Id: <200408301432.32270.vedran-liste () smartnet ! ba>
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Ok, here's a fine example:
kdeaddons/kcmkontactknt.po

#: summarywidget.cpp:58
msgid "No rss dcop service available.\n"
"You need rssservice to use this plugin."


You can't claim that "rss" and "dcop" are pronouncible or that they're 
backronyms. 

Or another one:
kdeadmin/kuser.po

#: editGroup.cpp:72
msgid "Group rid:"

In the very same file RID is sometimes written in upper case and sometimes 
not. If I didn't know the context, I would actually be confused by this 
string. "Get rid of the group?" "Get rid of users in groups?" :) (Maybe it 
sounds better to native speakers)

As I said, there are hundreds of such cases and I don't feel like opening a 
bugzilla report for each one.