diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index 78ded44bf..e164ed691 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-12-03  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* miscutil.c (answer_is_yes_no_default, answer_is_yes_no_quit):
+	Don't use alternate strings when not needed so we don't have to
+	re-translate them.  Hopefully the comment will be enough to
+	indicate multiple match strings.
+
 2003-11-20  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* miscutil.c (match_multistr): New.  Match against each segment in
diff --git a/util/miscutil.c b/util/miscutil.c
index 0ae259df4..e6cc9a860 100644
--- a/util/miscutil.c
+++ b/util/miscutil.c
@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ int
 answer_is_yes_no_default( const char *s, int def_answer )
 {
     /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
-    const char *long_yes = _("yes|yes");
+    const char *long_yes = _("yes");
     const char *short_yes = _("yY");
     /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
-    const char *long_no = _("no|no");
+    const char *long_no = _("no");
     const char *short_no = _("nN");
 
     /* Note: we have to use the local dependent strcasecmp here */
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ int
 answer_is_yes_no_quit( const char *s )
 {
     /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
-    const char *long_yes = _("yes|yes");
+    const char *long_yes = _("yes");
     /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
-    const char *long_no = _("no|no");
+    const char *long_no = _("no");
     /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
-    const char *long_quit = _("quit|quit");
+    const char *long_quit = _("quit");
     const char *short_yes = _("yY");
     const char *short_no = _("nN");
     const char *short_quit = _("qQ");