Extremely good point Norbert...
Televisions were invented in Britain...Doesn't mean that every tele has to start up with a union jack on its screen...huh?
Besides, for my purpose it wasn't cause we dislike the USA, it is cause it is a European Union institution that requires to be distinguished as a seperate entity completely to the US. It is politics, nothing more, nothing less...
Anthony
On Wednesday 23 April 2003 12:01, Norbert Bollow wrote:
Since John, Ken, and I are all American, I think it's only mildly surprising <wink> that all the source code human readable text, and the en templates are written in American English.
From my European perspective I'd say that that's not a problem for most people around here. Well it's possible that some folks in the UK might care enough to do what it takes to "fix" the spelling from their perspective, but in the majority of Europe (where English is not spoken natively anyway) the locale-dependant details of spelling don't matter at all.
I'm not in favor of changing the label from "English (USA)".
The "English (USA)" label *is* a problem. Please don't underestimate the strong anti-USA feelings in significant parts of the world. For example here in Switzerland, many people feel that US politicians and lawyers have blackmailed the Swiss banks for a couple of billion dollars a few years ago. Many other countries have their own historic roots for bitter feelings towards the USA. Then there are *many* people in many countries who are upset about more recent events that I don't want to mention explicitly in order to avoid sparking a flame war. For example, think of an Arab with a good command of the English language who'd like to subscribe to a technical mailing list.
Wouldn't the "English (USA)" label feel like a slap in the face for such a user?
Greetings, Norbert.