https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951879
--- Comment #15 from markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au --- (In reply to Mike FABIAN from comment #12)
(In reply to Adam Williamson from comment #10)
Out of interest, is there something specific you stand to gain by having the locale set correctly, or is it just a desire to have it correct? I'm in Canada, but I usually just keep the en(US) locale, it's close enough in all practical respects.
Default papersize A4 might be a reason.
That is one. (The "PC (Print Cartridge) Load Letter" error message was common here on HP printers, because you had A4 paper in the printer, but the PC sending a print job to it was set to Letter due to a US locale. It actually doesn't make sense that it occurs in the Office Space movie, unless that was set in Canada or similar rather than the US. In short, I've known WTF "PC Load Letter" means for a long time.)
Metric instead of imperial units of measurement.
I was taught in primary school that we use space as thousands separators rather than a comma.
Having the incorrect spell check dictionaries is one of the most obvious differences when using a US locale. 'colour' vs 'color', 'neighbour' vs 'neighbor', and all the 's' vs 'z's e.g. 'initialise' vs 'initialize'.
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