Re: Modern Greek

From: Andreas Prilop (nhtcapri_at_rrzn-user.uni-hannover.de)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:30:00 +0200

On 17 Aug 2004, Christopher Green wrote:

> It has been that way ever since 1986. Cote d'Ivoire requested that its
> French name be the name used for the country in all languages.

Hmm, the French name is "Côte d'Ivoire" - note the circumflex.
Do they require the use of the circumflex in all languages
or is a simple ASCII "o" permissible?

Do they require the use of a real, typographical apostrophe
 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quotes.html
or is a simple ASCII apostrophe (') permissible?

Do they require that their country name is always printed in
the same typeface in all languages?

Could the German government request you to use *only* the name
"Federal Republic of Deutschland" in the English language?

So many questions ... 

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