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Re: [PATCH 0/7] Bisect dunno

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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Oct 14, 2007, 15:09 UTC
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
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> Le dimanche 14 octobre 2007, David Kastrup a écrit :
>> Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> writes:
>> > El 14/10/2007, a las 14:28, Christian Couder escribió:
>> >> Here is my bisect dunno patch series again.
>> >
>> > Good work on the series, Christian, but don't you think that
>> > "unknown" would sound a little bit better than "dunno"? For people
>> > who don't speak English as a second language "dunno" might not be
>> > immediately clear.
>>
>> "undecided"?
>
> I choosed "dunno" because that was what Dscho suggested in this thread:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/53584/focus=53595

I would think that tongue-in-cheek. In case it was serious, I'd consider it one of those cases where it would make good sense to overrule the geek penchant for quirkiness.

Just think about the nuisance of finding adequate translations in i18n: "Woaßnet", "Eh?", "Chepas" etc.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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Message 6 of 37 in “Bisect dunno”
  1. 0/7 Bisect dunnoChristian Couder, Oct 14, 2007
  2. Wincent ColaiutaOct 14, 2007
  3. Wincent ColaiutaOct 14, 2007
  4. David KastrupOct 14, 2007
  5. Christian CouderOct 14, 2007
  6. David KastrupOct 14, 2007
  7. Andreas EricssonOct 14, 2007
  8. René ScharfeOct 14, 2007
  9. David KastrupOct 14, 2007
  10. Wincent ColaiutaOct 14, 2007
  11. Marius Storm-OlsenOct 14, 2007
  12. David KastrupOct 14, 2007
  13. Marius Storm-OlsenOct 15, 2007
  14. David SymondsOct 15, 2007
  15. Johan HerlandOct 15, 2007
  16. Wincent ColaiutaOct 15, 2007
  17. David SymondsOct 15, 2007
  18. Geert BoschOct 15, 2007
  19. David KastrupOct 15, 2007
  20. David SymondsOct 16, 2007
  21. David KastrupOct 16, 2007
  22. Robin RosenbergOct 17, 2007
  23. David KastrupOct 17, 2007
  24. Karl HasselströmOct 17, 2007
  25. Karl HasselströmOct 17, 2007
  26. Linus TorvaldsOct 17, 2007
  27. Johannes SchindelinOct 17, 2007
  28. Linus TorvaldsOct 17, 2007
  29. David SymondsOct 18, 2007
  30. Christian CouderOct 16, 2007
  31. David KastrupOct 15, 2007
  32. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  33. Johannes SchindelinOct 14, 2007
  34. Shawn O. PearceOct 17, 2007
  35. Johannes SchindelinOct 17, 2007
  36. Christian CouderOct 17, 2007
  37. Shawn O. PearceOct 19, 2007

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