Re: [unicode] Re: (TC304.2313) AND/OR: antediluvian views

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

At 07:29 AM 06/13/2000 -0800, Alain wrote:
>With more than 2 languages, precedence becomes problematic. As an example 
>of language precedence, an actual case: at the Toronto Airport Radisson 
>Suite Hotels, my prefered hotel in Toronto (so far! but it could 
>change...), they recently introduced a multilingual voice mail system. In 
>Canada, French and English are the two official languages of the country 
>(and most probably at this hotel the majority of the customers speak 
>Englsih and French, with a high concentration of French speakers). In 
>general in Canada you are presented with a choice of language where you 
>indicate your option by pressing a specific key on the telephone keypad (1 
>English 2 French -- or the reverse in Québec). At this hotel, French is 
>the 5th choice. It is offensive, I can assure you (I would not have been 
>offended in Taiwan, of course).

It is also a bad design (for a Hotel). When you check into your room the 
system should be told what language is to be the default FOR THAT ROOM and 
you should get a list where that language is #1 (with the others listed as 
#2-x). I agree that in Canada E&F should be the first 2 offered in ALL cases.