On 12 Jul 2002, it is alleged that Ben Tremblay sauntered in to netscape.public.mozilla.documentation and loudly proclaimed:
> fantasai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Gervase Markham wrote: >> > some gallante moz-d00d wrote: >> > > Madame, >> > Just a note: I know this is supposed to be polite, but when I read >> > "Madame", I think "woman who keeps a brothel." I'd just call her >> > Mitchell, if I were you :-) >> *fantasai wonders what Gerv has been reading lately...* >> It's French for "my lady". I think Mitchell should be flattered. XD > > How appropriate that the problematic of internationalization arises > in a docs thread! Since PC has come into force, things have gotten > no simpler. Though I'm from a family that left France for this side > of the Atlantic nearly 400 years ago, or pehaps because of that, I > side with Gerv here. > > *fumbles to translate "Ms" to french ... Perhaps "m'lle"?* > > hfx_ben 'Mlle' -- no apostrophe. And here I am, an Anglo from the West -- I don't even have the benefit of Acadians around here. Yeesh. . . . ;-) /b.
