On 9/17/08, adam hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, >>> i can set up translations. however do you think a en_GB is really >>> necessary?
>> Maybe, maybe not, it's not just the spelling. It's the total >> grammatical structure of the written language. en_US grammar has been >> pretty heavily influenced by the huge influx of central European >> peoples to the US during the mid to latter half of the 18th. century. > > ok...and English spoken/written in the EU has not? True. English as used in the EU is either Britons using their native tongue, or Continental Europeans using en_GB as a second language. By and large English as currently taught in Continental Europe conforms to the en_GB norms of grammar and spelling. [ ... ] > I don't think an en_Gb translation is necessary. That's your opinion, and you are entitled to it. However my co-conversationalists on the IRC channel thought having a separate en_GB language quite a good idea, particularly as the G1G1 scheme is going to be extended to the whole of the EU shortly, which of course includes the United Kingdom itself. >> >> How does one get a new language ( or language patois ) set up? >> >> There is mention of the 'git' source code control system. Do I need to >> >> install that locally? I still need answers to these questions. btw, I wonder if you would be so kind and re-set your return address in you email software so that replies to your list postings go to the list automatically? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell _______________________________________________ Library mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library
