Comments on: Now where are my black jewelled battle shorts?

Now where are my black jewelled battle shorts?

adamdschneider — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:04:04 -0800

Poor localization causes a simple, if slightly inflammatory, text message to go awry.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:17:35 -0800

Snopes? ... Somebody?

By: blacklite

blacklite — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:17:59 -0800

Okay, localization is important, but if you're already willing to get together your closest family members and stab someone to death because of an SMS, I think you need more help than what a couple of "ı"s can give.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:27:36 -0800

The "ı"s have it.

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:36:26 -0800

Violent murder cannot be attributed to a technological error. This is a dumb post.

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:38:50 -0800

Turkey is known to be a bit of a pain in the ass as far as localization goes.

By: mek

mek — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:42:35 -0800

This is why we can't have nice things.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:42:35 -0800

Flagged as stupid.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:08:20 -0800

METAFILTER: YOUR SOURCE FOR QUIRKY NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE! No, wait...

By: unmake

unmake — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:18:17 -0800

In Turkey April Fools in on the 21st?

By: null terminated

null terminated — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:27:43 -0800

METAFILTER: YOUR SOURCE FOR ~~QUIRKY~~ QWERTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE!

By: suedehead

suedehead — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:28:04 -0800

Violent murder cannot be attributed to a technological error. This is a dumb post. But a technological error could have started nuclear war.

By: w0mbat

w0mbat — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:59:07 -0800

Sorry to be pedantic, but this isn't a localization problem, it's an internationalization problem. Localization (aka L10n) is to do with converting the content of the software itself, eg translating the menus and buttons and so on into the local language. Internationalization (aka I18n) is making the software able to cope with user data in a particular set of languages. The two tasks are quite separate. For example, it's possible to write software with Turkish menus and buttons that handles Turkish text input badly (as in this case), and it's possible to have software where all that stuff is only in English, but any Turkish text you type is handled perfectly.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:14:18 -0800

This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to ... human ... error.

By: wtdoor

wtdoor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:55:10 -0800

It's not news, it's Metafilter.com.

By: Mr Bismarck

Mr Bismarck — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:18:00 -0800

Once, a couple of christmasssesss ago, my cousin sent my aunt an sms saying he'd been bad all year and so the only gift he had received was coal. Unfortunately, T9 predictive text changed his message, so he actually told his mother that the only gift he had received was "a sack of cock." We all laughed, but I resisted posting the story to Metafilter.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:39:17 -0800

I resisted posting the story to Metafilter. ...until now!

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:23:15 -0800

What part of Cep mesajında Türkçe karakter yokluğu, faciaya yol açtı. Bir koca, eşine, 'sıkışınca konuyu değiştiriyorsun' mesajı çekti. Hassas kelimedeki 'ı'lar 'i' olarak görülünce, ortalık birbirine girdi. Aile kocayı, koca karısını bıçakladı. Kadın öldü, koca cezaevinde intihar etti. Aileden üç kişi, cinayete teşebbüsten yargılanıyor. don't you understand?

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:02:07 -0800

I told you I was hårdcøre.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:04:26 -0800

A couple of years ago, a colleague was coordinating a high school mock-trial team. All the kids had e-mail access (some through the school) so a lot of the communication was done via e-mail. At some point before a big competition, the colleague sent around a pep-talk e-mail to all the kids, telling them not to worry about the more well-heeled competitors in attendance and that the kids would "knock their cocks off." Needless to say, she was beyond embarrassed. I'm sure the kids were just laughing their heads off, though. In any event, no family members showed up to cut her up with knives.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:59:27 -0800

There goes my plan to use a sockpuppet on IM conversations.

By: Grod

Grod — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:01:02 -0800