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Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by graemep »

jakobnissen wrote: post #49
graemep wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article strongly implies it is a response to a comment complaining the blog is not inclusive because it uses British English. There is a constant American assumption that their language and culture is the norm and we should all adjust our language to fit their definitions and culture. I intend to keep eating faggots, having a master branch in git, etc.

But being non-inclusive by speaking to a particular cultural reference frame is not the same as being racist.

I agree, but some people seem to think it is, which i think what the article is a response to: just just in the comment, but in the wider push to use certain language.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by roryirvine »

mghackerlady wrote: post #70
kurtis_reed wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own."

? I just think british spelling looks better and am a whore for internationalism

Oxford spelling, en-GB-oxendict, is a nice halfway house - it uses the same -ize spellings (where etymologically correct) as American English, but doesn't have the simplifications (eg. colour->color).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by toolslive »

pjmlp wrote: post #78

Fully agree with the author, just like I write Portuguese in European Portuguese, not Brazilian Portuguese, African Portuguese or any other variation, just because our population is smaller. Incidently I always change automatic language correction tools to English GB, I live in this side of the Atlantic, and that is variant I learnt while growing up.

I always put my locale in Ireland: I want

  - "proper English"
  - metric system
  - Euro
It's amazing how many web applications give me a broken experience because of it.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by HPsquared »

kunley wrote: post #101
gertrunde wrote: post #27

This reminds me of the time when I removed en-US from windows, leaving just en-GB, and it blue screened. It's both surprising and irritating how many US-centric things are just assumed. (Don't even get me started on paper sizes...! ;) )

I discovered just this week that the numbering of weeks within the year is different between US and Europe, thus, cal -w can show different numbers for some years depending on the locale. Outlook can probably also show different things depending on the system settings. Europe uses the algo according to the ISO 8601 standard, where the week no.1 is the one with January 1st occuring between Monday and Thursday, inclusi…

Even the concept "within that week" depends on whether you consider the week to begin on Monday or Sunday. (or elsewhere I suppose)

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by umeshunni »

frereubu wrote: post #83
umeshunni wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You look around the world, including the rise of far-right parties across the Western world who talk about the "great replacement" conspiracy theory, and the first example you reach for is Islamic cultures?

Considered that there are organizations like the Taliban and Boko Haram that rule entire countries and regions and have anti-education as a principle, yes it's those cultures that I reach for.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by dofm »

SadErn wrote: post #15

My first thought after reading is that I fear for the author's safety. From the outside, this does not appear to be a safe time to express nationalism or cultural pride in the UK. The Internet is not free in the UK and decreasingly so in the rest of the world.

You fear for his safety!?

> From the outside

You should try visiting the inside.

More generally, we Brits draw a measure of distinction between cultural pride and nationalism: the former is good, and we have plenty of it; the latter is viewed with suspicion, for good reason.

(Edited for clarity)

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by physicsguy »

biofox wrote: post #28

I am the only Brit in the department I work in. No one gets the cultural references or British idioms I use, and I've found myself significantly changing the language I use to a very utilitarian and direct style to prevent the endless blank stares... reading this blog post just made me realise that this self-editing has made my interactions rather more 'flat' and unnatural, as they now lack spontaneity, with everythi…

I had that when workign with a lot of other Europeans. When I moved to a company where everyone was British I had to re-adapt, particularly because I'd become more direct after working with a lot of Germans.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by byte_0 »

As a speaker of English as a second language and being educated using American English, I find British English richer in a cultural and expressive manner. It also conveys more properness.
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