usage of national flags in the new language sections
Why is it only the trio of Dutch, German and Polish that have flags attached to the headings? This makes them stand out, but why? BTW it is non sequitur for German and Dutch, these languages are spoken in more than one country (oh, and the "platt" that is spoken both in Germany and in the Netherlands). Perhaps it is only Norwegian and Polish that qualify for a "single-country" language, but do we want to have flags for some languages only?
Re: usage of national flags in the new language sections
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Originally Posted by bad manners
Why is it only the trio of Dutch, German and Polish that have flags attached to the headings? This makes them stand out, but why? BTW it is non sequitur for German and Dutch, these languages are spoken in more than one country (oh, and the "platt" that is spoken both in Germany and in the Netherlands). Perhaps it is only Norwegian and Polish that qualify for a "single-country" language, but do we want to have flags for some languages only?
I will add the rest of flags later. Didn't have time to finish. For Arabic, I think of simply putting a sample of Arabic script instead of flags.
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Originally Posted by bad manners
Precisely because of that "Arabic is spoken across, what, 20 countries?" it means that Arabic is not going to have a flag. Neither is the section on Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian. Having flags for some languages and not having for the others may seem unfair, and having the flag of a foreign country for your language may seem even more unfair.
As for the main country of origin, well, you're seriously mistaken. Germany is not the main country of origin; likewise, the Flanders may be considered the country of origin just as well as Holland.
I will put those flags that I feel like putting (sounds like Mr.Putin :-) If you think something is not fair then send me a picture of a flag and I'll try to put it as well.