On 07/26/2012 02:43 AM, Max Quarterpleen wrote:
When I say NY, there is of course only one thing I mean, The City. :P
And I haven't lived there for more than 20 years, so my slang might be a
bit dated.
Sigh. Yes, I know. Happens all the time. You'd be surprised at how many
US residents think the entire state of NY is covered with concrete
buildings and asphalt. Especially when you hear that agriculture is the
state's largest industry. But it's the cross we Upstaters are forced to
bear...
Lord knows I can't speak for all Americans, but for my own part I
could easily adapt if British were the default language, rather than
American. I have traveled to Canada and have cruised through web
sites that used British spelling, and have felt no offense (Oops
again. *offence,* isn't it?) at seeing it. If it will help
international relations, I'm more than willing to exist with
spellings that look odd to me. After a while, I doubt they'd still
look so odd.
That isn't even on the table for discussion. We simply cannot change the
hard-coded default language in the code. We need our original programmer
to do that, and chances are that even he won't be able to.
The discussion is about having an en_GB "translation".
OK, but do we really have to be so serious about it? I need a little fun
in my life from time to time so I remain sane.
TJ
