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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: RFC: StyleGuide for Labels? (fwd)
From:       Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date:       2000-07-05 16:16:37
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Peter Putzer wrote:
> > 
> > > As far as I know, the ONLY language where you ever write Some Words
> > > There IS no way of seperating between "title style" and "normal
> > > style" in Swedish. In fact, the concept of "title style" does just
> > > not apply. And this is true of all other languages I know of, except
> > > English.
> > 
> > Which is in fact irrelevant, as KDE apps are written first in US English
> > and translated later.
> 
> I'm sorry, I must have missed the section in the style guide that
> states that (eg) Swedish developers have to first write their app in
> English and only secondly translate it back to their native language.

Well, if they want to have their apps in the official KDE packages, they
have to.

> But all this is secondary to the major point, which is that the "Title
> Style" is grammatically incorrect even in English. It may be common,
> it may be popular, but so is writing things like "Xtra Lite" or "Quik
> 'n' Ezy".

It's not grammatically incorrect, it is just different from normal usage.

But so are acronyms, common names, ...

Shall we ask a linguist? :-)

bye,
Peter

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