--- dialog.orig	Tue Feb 26 12:54:50 2002
+++ dialog	Tue Feb 26 12:58:25 2002
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
   if [ -n "$BACKTITLE" ]; then
     backtitle="$BACKTITLE"
   fi
-
+  # do not confuse whiptail
+  unset LC_MESSAGES || true
   $DIALOG_TEST $DIALOG_COMMAND $DIALOG_OPTIONS --title "$title" \
      --backtitle "$backtitle" "$type" "$text " 0 0 "$@" 2>&1 1>$ttydev