[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] Hello to en_GB team

Ed Hargin ed at bluehome.net
Tue Aug 29 17:15:50 BST 2006


Yes: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/37832/symbolandflag/

It's never used though, and I suspect that if you asked 100 people in
the street what it was, they wouldn't know.  I suspect most people don't
even know there is a flag (I didn't before I googled it).

Ben Goodger wrote:
> On 29/08/06, *Freddie Ruddick* <frederific at googlemail.com
> <mailto:frederific at googlemail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi there,
> 
>     I'm new too. I agree with your flag comment, we should change to the
>     Union Flag (not the Union Jack, its only a jack if its flown on a
>     ship)
> 
>     Freddie
> 
>     On 29/08/06, Bruce Cowan < bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com
>     <mailto:bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com>> wrote:
>     > I have been approved as a member of the ubuntu-l10n-en-gb team
>     today.  I
>     > have one comment about the logo of the team in question.  It is the
>     > English flag, but I live in Scotland.  It would be better to
>     change it
>     > to the union jack, as it is the flag of the UK.
>     >
>     > For the record, I wouldn't use the words Trash or Wastebasket, but I
>     > would use Bin.  The best option in my opinion is to keep it being
>     called
>     > the wastebasket.
>     > --
>     > >From Bruce Cowan
>     > bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com <mailto:bruce.cowan at dsl.pipex.com>
>     > bcowan01 at douglas.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
>     <mailto:bcowan01 at douglas.e-dunbarton.sch.uk>
>     > http://www.auer37.dsl.pipex.com
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Ubuntu-l10n-eng mailing list
>     > Ubuntu-l10n-eng at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:Ubuntu-l10n-eng at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-eng
>     > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation
>     <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EnglishTranslation>
>     >
> 
> 
> Does the Commonwealth have a non-Union-Jack flag? That'd be better.
> 
> -- 
> Ben Goodger
> #391382
> ---------------------
> 
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> demandon "kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?".
> 

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