[Bug localedata/17692] New: Wrong currency_symbol for da_DK

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17692

            Bug ID: 17692
           Summary: Wrong currency_symbol for da_DK
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: glibc at chsc dot dk
                CC: libc-locales at sourceware dot org

The currency_symbol for da_DK should be changed from "kr" to "kr." (i.e. with a
trailing period).

"kr." is the official spelling[1,2] according to Retskrivningsordbogen[3]
published by the Danish Language Council (Dansk SprognÃvn) that is the official
regulatory body of the Danish language.

"kr" is sometimes used informally, but I believe "kr." is much more widespread.
To get an impression, see e.g. [4].


AFAICT "kr" is the preferred spelling in Norway[5] and Sweden[6]. Perhaps this
is how "kr" made its way into da_DK also (it has been unchanged since da_DK was
added to Git/CVS in 1997).


I raised this issue to the contact person for da_DK, Keld Simonsen, in January
2014. He responded that he would look into it, but so far I have not received
any feedback.


[1] http://sproget.dk/lookup?SearchableText=kr
[2]
http://sproget.dk/raad-og-regler/retskrivningsregler/retskrivningsregler/a7-40-60/a7-41-43-punktum/a7-42-forkortelsespunktum/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retskrivningsordbogen
[4] https://www.google.dk/search?q=priser+kr+site:dk
[5] http://www.korrekturavdelingen.no/K4Forkortelser.htm
[6] http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/13/15/83/7be35768.pdf#page=55

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