What is en_US ?

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez manuel at todo-linux.com
Wed Jun 13 15:29:07 UTC 2007


On Wednesday 13 June 2007 17:27:08 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 June 2007, David G. Miller wrote:
> >Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >
> >en_US leaves room for en_RN (English "Red Neck" variant) and en_EB
> > (English Ebonics variant).  Both variants have some interesting usage
> > that would likely confuse folks.  The Oakland (California) board of
> > education seems to be behind the movement to include en_EB.  Requests for
> > en_RN seems to be prevalent in many of the more rural parts of the U.S.
> > although there is intense debate as to whether en_RN is actually distinct
> > from en_DX (English Dixie variant).  Y'all 'll jus have t'wait to see how
> > that one works out. ;-)
>
> Spoken like a true hillbilly, y'all 'ill git along in West (by God)
> Virginia right well I reckon.
>
> >Cheers,
> >Dave

Definetly we need Ric Moore in this thread!
Ric come on!



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