diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index da8806977..8675faf5f 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-11-20  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* miscutil.c (match_multistr): New.  Match against each segment in
+	a string with tokens separated by |.
+	(answer_is_yes_no_default, answer_is_yes_no_quit,
+	answer_is_okay_cancel): Use it here to enable alternate
+	translations.
+
 2003-11-01  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* http.c (connect_server): Differentiate between generic "can't
diff --git a/util/miscutil.c b/util/miscutil.c
index e0ea0e7d2..512bac64c 100644
--- a/util/miscutil.c
+++ b/util/miscutil.c
@@ -293,18 +293,20 @@ make_printable_string( const byte *p, size_t n, int delim )
 int
 answer_is_yes_no_default( const char *s, int def_answer )
 {
-    const char *long_yes = _("yes");
+    /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+    const char *long_yes = _("yes|yes");
     const char *short_yes = _("yY");
-    const char *long_no = _("no");
+    /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+    const char *long_no = _("no|no");
     const char *short_no = _("nN");
 
     /* Note: we have to use the local dependent strcasecmp here */
-    if( !strcasecmp(s, long_yes ) )
+    if( match_multistr(long_yes,s) )
 	return 1;
     if( *s && strchr( short_yes, *s ) && !s[1] )
 	return 1;
     /* test for no strings to catch ambiguities for the next test */
-    if( !strcasecmp(s, long_no ) )
+    if( match_multistr(long_no,s) )
 	return 0;
     if( *s && strchr( short_no, *s ) && !s[1] )
 	return 0;
@@ -328,19 +330,21 @@ answer_is_yes( const char *s )
 int
 answer_is_yes_no_quit( const char *s )
 {
-    const char *long_yes = _("yes");
-    const char *long_no = _("no");
-    const char *long_quit = _("quit");
+    /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+    const char *long_yes = _("yes|yes");
+    /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+    const char *long_no = _("no|no");
+    /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+    const char *long_quit = _("quit|quit");
     const char *short_yes = _("yY");
     const char *short_no = _("nN");
     const char *short_quit = _("qQ");
 
-    /* Note: We have to use the locale dependent strcasecmp */
-    if( !strcasecmp(s, long_no ) )
+    if( match_multistr(long_no,s) )
 	return 0;
-    if( !strcasecmp(s, long_yes ) )
+    if( match_multistr(long_yes,s) )
 	return 1;
-    if( !strcasecmp(s, long_quit ) )
+    if( match_multistr(long_quit,s) )
 	return -1;
     if( *s && strchr( short_no, *s ) && !s[1] )
 	return 0;
@@ -360,22 +364,23 @@ answer_is_yes_no_quit( const char *s )
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 /*
    Return 1 for okay, 0 for for cancel or DEF_ANSWER for default. 
  */
 int
 answer_is_okay_cancel (const char *s, int def_answer)
 {
-  const char *long_okay = _("okay");
-  const char *long_cancel = _("cancel");
+  /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+  const char *long_okay = _("okay|okay");
+  /* NOTE TO TRANSLATOR: See doc/TRANSLATE about this string. */
+  const char *long_cancel = _("cancel|cancel");
   const char *short_okay = _("oO");
   const char *short_cancel = _("cC");
   
   /* Note: We have to use the locale dependent strcasecmp */
-  if ( !strcasecmp(s, long_okay ) )
+  if ( match_multistr(long_okay,s) )
     return 1;
-  if ( !strcasecmp(s, long_cancel ) )
+  if ( match_multistr(long_cancel,s) )
     return 0;
   if ( *s && strchr( short_okay, *s ) && !s[1] )
     return 1;
@@ -394,3 +399,24 @@ answer_is_okay_cancel (const char *s, int def_answer)
     return 0;
   return def_answer;
 }
+
+/* Try match against each substring of multistr, delimited by | */
+int
+match_multistr(const char *multistr,const char *match)
+{
+  do
+    {
+      size_t seglen=strcspn(multistr,"|");
+      if(!seglen)
+	break;
+      /* Using the localized strncasecmp */
+      if(strncasecmp(multistr,match,seglen)==0)
+	return 1;
+      multistr+=seglen;
+      if(*multistr=='|')
+	multistr++;
+    }
+  while(*multistr);
+
+  return 0;
+}