On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 17:25 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote: >> The problem I've met is a kind of barrier for new comers, as foot is >> considered the least respected part of the body in my culture. >> It's not that kind of disgust you explained. But it's a sign of strong >> disrespect. You should not point with your foot. You should not >> expose your foot toward others, bare or with shoe on. Raising foot >> over one's head, the most respected part of the body, by any means >> is a most obvious sign of disrespect. When sleeping, you should never >> point your foot to Buddha's image. > > We all believe you, I think. Thanks for telling us about this. > > To make something happen, I guess you need to suggest a particular > design. Then the GNOME board could approve it - you need to ask the > board for a simple yes/no decision or it won't happen.
Thanks for suggestion. We have got some ideas from the discussion so far. Please see a summary at: http://live.gnome.org/FootAndCulturalIssue Other ideas are still welcome. > Maybe you could contact the GNOME Art team. They could make some > suggestions. Don't focus on the "Gnome" idea. Few people think of small > mythical beings when they think of GNOME. Unfortunately, I don't have a > good suggestion. Some other form of "G", maybe? I've also been trying to find some idea like that. So far, the OK hand sign showing a G is not passed, as it's said to mean something dirty in South America. A gnome hat and head seem to be the best we can get so far. (See the live page above.) Regards, -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n