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Please don't use country flags to refer to languages #297

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arobase-che opened this issue Oct 24, 2022 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #298
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Please don't use country flags to refer to languages #297

arobase-che opened this issue Oct 24, 2022 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #298

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@arobase-che
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Hi, \o
There is a long list of arguments about this. As a Frenchman, I refuse to let my flag be used to exclude most French speakers.

The same goes for the Portuguese. Portugal is a country where Portuguese is the official language, but it is only the 4th most populous country (Brazil, Angola and Mozambique are more populous), so it is not appropriate to use Portuguese to refer to the language. Idem

Please, just don't.

Related: #210
@arobase-che arobase-che changed the title Plese don't use country flags to refere to languages Please don't use country flags to refer to languages Oct 24, 2022
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@MichaelBagnasco
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I disagree. Flags are instantly recognizable symbols that cross language barriers.

Say you're Chinese, and you don't read English well. You see a list of flags, and spot the Chinese flag, and you instantly know that your language is supported.

Also, using flags to represent language is a nearly ubiquitous user interface design choice.

@valeriansaliou
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Definitely, it's definitely became a standard nowadays to refer to languages w/ their associated country flag. We can't satisfy everyone with that, but at least UIs get more clarity that way. I won't change anything on that in the README.

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Delete the flags from the README arobase-che/sonic
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