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[Max Waterman <davidmaxwaterman+launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  offensive use of 'English'

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have been presented with a window 'Language Support' that lists
  'Language for menus and windows:' and instructs me to 'Drag languages
  to arrange them in order of preference.

  It lists these languages:

  "
  English (United Kingdom)
  English
  English (Australia)
  "

  I could claim that the first two entries are duplicates, but this
  would seem to be a case of using 'English' to mean the variant used in
  the USA. As I am English, I find this offensive since English is
  English - the UK contains several countries each with their own
  language. So, IMO, the correct list should be :

  "
  English
  English (United States)
  English (Australia)
  "

  However, I realise that is confusing to people from the United States
  and that they are likely the majority in terms of English (variant)
  speakers. The usual 'solution' is to always specify the variant, ie :

  "
  English (United Kingdom)
  English (United States)
  English (Australian)
  "

  Please consider making the fix.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.34.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Aug 20 09:57:49 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-12 (7 days ago)

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