On Wednesday 13 June 2007 15:37:55 Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'd like to enter a small caveat > about the use of the description "en_US" > when there is no other version of English on offer, > eg when installing Fedora. > > First of all, the difference between different variants of English > is negligible, in my opinion. > I never heard of anyone misunderstanding something > because it was in en_US rather than in en_GB. > > Secondly, giving a variant name like this when there is no alternative > wastes a lot of time going up and down menus > to see if there is some alternative choice. > > I know Americans spell a few words wrongly, but so what? > Plenty of people make spelling mistakes, > and it doesn't affect one's understanding in the slightest. > > I tested a group of students some years ago, > to see if they knew whether a book was published in the US or the UK, > and none of them had the slightest idea. > I understand that as a standard which, I think, does not bother too much... Cheers -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
