Germano Massullo writes:
> All desktop oriented Fedora installers install on the system packages:
> hunspell
> hunspell-en
> hunspell-en-GB
> hunspell-en-US
>
> When a user opens the language list of the spell checker, is has ~24
> different English options, like English (Antigua and Barbuda), En
British English is not a dialect. As for being the most commonly used by
non-native speakers I disagree. That largely depends on where those
non-native speakers are from. In many countries "the" English is British,
with the US spelling being a movie/gaming thing. For many, the default
when the
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 03:21:41PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Germano Massullo wrote:
> > Since the huge list is brought by hunspell-en, can we just ship Fedora
> > with hunspell-en-GB and hunspell-en-US ?
>
> I would even argue for shipping en_US only. It is the default language of
> the distr
On 7/18/20 8:44 AM, Germano Massullo wrote:
All desktop oriented Fedora installers install on the system packages:
hunspell
hunspell-en
hunspell-en-GB
hunspell-en-US
When a user opens the language list of the spell checker, is has ~24
different English options, like English (Antigua and Barbuda
Nicolas Mailhot via devel writes:
> Practically some people do care about original English. And, there is
> little to win deployment side,
In theory there is: common local names of people, places, and
organizations. I don't know how many of those English variants
include very many of them, tho
On Sat, 2020-07-18 at 18:45 -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> Just like there is many different dialects of Spanish, and other
> languages the same is true of English, many parts of the language are
> shared, and the most critical part for most people is making sure
> that
> things like Paper settings
Just like there is many different dialects of Spanish, and other
languages the same is true of English, many parts of the language are
shared, and the most critical part for most people is making sure that
things like Paper settings, date, and number formats are correct for
their location. It is al
Kevin,
It's not compared to other languages but to other spellings of the same
language.
Why should it be UK/US and not US only? Because there are millions of
people using British spelling instead of US spelling. Not only in Britain
but around the world; and many other spellings root from the Br
On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 14:44, Germano Massullo
wrote:
> All desktop oriented Fedora installers install on the system packages:
> hunspell
> hunspell-en
> hunspell-en-GB
> hunspell-en-US
>
> When a user opens the language list of the spell checker, is has ~24
> different English options, like Engl
Le samedi 18 juillet 2020 à 15:21 +0200, Kevin Kofler a écrit :
> Germano Massullo wrote:
> > Since the huge list is brought by hunspell-en, can we just ship
> > Fedora
> > with hunspell-en-GB and hunspell-en-US ?
>
> I would even argue for shipping en_US only. It is the default
> language of
> t
Germano Massullo wrote:
> Since the huge list is brought by hunspell-en, can we just ship Fedora
> with hunspell-en-GB and hunspell-en-US ?
I would even argue for shipping en_US only. It is the default language of
the distribution. Why would British be any more worth shipping than any
other lang
All desktop oriented Fedora installers install on the system packages:
hunspell
hunspell-en
hunspell-en-GB
hunspell-en-US
When a user opens the language list of the spell checker, is has ~24
different English options, like English (Antigua and Barbuda), English
(Australia), English (Bahamas), Engl
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