Re: icons for languages

[Christopher Fynn <cfynn gmx net>]

Roozbeh Pournader wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 17:07 +0200, Gudmund Areskoug wrote:
>
> > Got any better ideas for graphics/icon?
>
> Yes, flags are better. They are less controversial than maps  


I agree, while not wholly uncontroversial flags are mere symbols - while 
maps may imply the possession of - or a claim to - territory. Wars get 
started over that kind of thing.

Least controversial of all is to use the language name or ISO 639 
Language code. This also avoids the problem of which flag to use for 
languages spoken in several countries.

- Chris