What is en_US ?

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

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.