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@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ category  "i18n:1997";LC_IDENTIFICATION
     <h2>LC_MESSAGES</h2>
 
       <p>Then yesexpr and noexpr entries should have the form
-	<tt>^[yYnN&lt;extra&gt;]</tt>, without 0 and 1 and without
-	trailing "<tt>.*</tt>".</p>
+	<tt>^[yY&lt;extra&gt;]</tt> and <tt>^[nN&lt;extra&gt;]</tt>,
+	without 0 and 1 and without trailing "<tt>.*</tt>".  The
+	reason is to make sure the expressions have the same form as
+	the expressions used in the C/POSIX locale (<tt>^[yY]</tt> and
+	<tt>^[nN]</tt>).</p>
 
     <h2>Standard documents and specifications</h2>
 
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ category  "i18n:1997";LC_IDENTIFICATION
 	  localedef -i de_DE@euro -c -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE
 	  LANG=de_DE date
 	</pre>
+
+      <p>I've made a small tool <a href="check-locale">check-locale</a>
+	capable of detecting a few common mistakes with locales</p>
 	
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@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ category  "i18n:1997";LC_IDENTIFICATION
     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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