[mythtv] MythUI porting

Simon Kenyon simon at koala.ie
Tue Aug 19 19:32:23 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 10:35 +0100, Stuart Morgan wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 09:50:21 Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > Stuart Morgan wrote:
> > > I've already toyed with ideas for the language prompt i.e. making it a
> > > fully themable screen so we can do fun stuff like this:
> > > http://www.miffteevee.co.uk/imagebin/language_selection2.png
> >
> > Probably a small and trivial point but it's much more common to use the
> > Union Jack for the "English" language selection rather than the St.
> > George Cross. (It's referred to as "*British* English" in most
> > dictionaries (due to the American embrace and extend policy ;)) and St
> > George is the patron saint of England, not Britain)
> >
> > Such things can offend some people.
> 
> I'm one of those people ;)
> 
> The default image can be the Union Flag if people want, but I'll be using the 
> George Cross in my themes. It's English, not Britlish or British English. 
> Next we'll be using the European flag and calling it European English!
> 
> The Welsh flag would be used for Welsh, the Irish Flag for Irish Gaelic, 
> Scottish Flag for Scottish Gaelic and Cornish flag ... well you get the 
> point.

i really don't think so
there are more people in ireland who speak polish than those that speak
irish
the union jack or the stars and stripes will do for "english"
--
simon



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