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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: "Name" in Kopete
From:       Jeremy Whiting <jeremy () scitools ! com>
Date:       2009-01-25 22:04:16
Message-ID: 200901251503.23279.jeremy () scitools ! com
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On Sunday 25 January 2009 12:19:52 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> A Diumenge, 25 de gener de 2009, Sergiu Bivol va escriure:
> > În data de Sb, 24-01-2009 la 12:53 +0100, Albert Astals Cid a scris:
> > > A Dissabte 24 Gener 2009, Sergiu Bivol va escriure:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > Could you please change it to say „Forename" or „First Name", since
> > > > these terms are used everywhere else in Kopete?
> > > > „Name" is usually used to express „Full name".
> > >
> > > Disagree, when you find someone you never met you say "My name is
> > > Albert" not "My name is Albert Astals Cid" nor "My first name is
> > > Albert" nor "My forename is Albert"
> >
> > You're right, but you never say „My name is Sergiu _and_ my surname is
> > Bivol" or „Name - Sergiu, Last Name - Bivol"
> >
> > If it says Surname/Last Name, then it should also say the opposite of
> > Surname/Last Name, which is Forename/First Name.
>
> Still disagree, but neither you nor me are native english speakears, let me
> find one that settles this, deal?
>
> Albert

Hello,

Albert asked me to chime in here, since I am a native English speaker.  I 
agree the form should say "First Name" and "Last Name" as that's what's 
commonly found on forms and such.

Jeremy

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