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[John Arbash Meinel <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 7/12/2011 4:14 PM, Julian Edwards wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 July 2011 12:00:10 Matthew Revell wrote:
>> Sort of; by which I mean "yes". For at least two years now the company
>> style guide has required British English. As we're aiming to bring
>> Launchpad more into line with the Canonical brand, and we're
>> undertaking a rebrand project, it seems like the right time for
>> Launchpad to also switch to British English.
> 
> Spelling differences are probably only 50% of the story here since there's 
> many phrases specific to British vs US English, and some of them will grate on 
> the foreign ear.  For example, when Americans say "likely will", it makes me 
> wince!
> 
> I've always advocated that we should strive to be as country/culture agnostic 
> as possible.  This means we need input from native speakers of both types to 
> make sure it's not awkward English for them.  In my above example, I would 
> translate this to "is likely to be".
> 
> Hopefully at that point we'll only be left with unavoidable clashes of 
> spelling with common words like colour/color where the company style dictates 
> precedence.
> 
> Cheers.  ;)

Shouldn't it just be localized, so you can have en_USREDNECK ? (Likely
to be y'all)

John
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