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Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by kunley »

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, inclusive. If the 1st happens on Friday or later within a week, it's considered a week no.52 or 53 of the previous year.

US does not use this scheme and [EDITED] I am not sure what method is applied there.

Some companies use week numbers in business talks, planning and scheduling, so be aware who is speaking about which weeks!

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#102

Post by onionisafruit »

ChrisRR wrote: post #80

Americans often don't twig how many random american terms we brits have to learn the double meaning of and don't pipe up about. I'm not talking the well-known ones like cookies, but even things like "the ER" meaning "A&E" Sometimes it's their turn to repay the favour

Sometimes Americans wonder why English characters start talking about a basic cable channel when they really should be seeking medical help.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#103

Post by ndsipa_pomu »

graemep wrote: post #23
gilrain wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody said it was.

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.

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Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#104

Post by pasc1878 »

seanhunter wrote: post #10
walthamstow wrote: post #5

> Accrington Stanley! Who are they?!

For people who don't get the reference, it's a classic advert for the milk marketing board. It's quite topical at the moment given the Fifa world cup https://youtu.be/zPFrTBppRfw?si=BaHHYnP52UfWd6Fs Ian Rush (referenced in the ad) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Rush

The generated subtitles show that the translator doesn't know English

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#106

Post by mghackerlady »

voidUpdate wrote: post #87
mghackerlady wrote: post #50

[flagged]

Should probably have told the writers of Wicked to not associate Elphaba with a (children's book level) evil witch. I think the Wicked Witch of the West is pretty appropriate for JK

I suppose that's fair but it also completely ignores the intentions of the story

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#107

Post by sejje »

> [Twinkies] seemed like an unappealing foodstuff which, nevertheless, were inexplicably popular.

Well, there's the counterpoint to the whole post. You don't know what Twinkies are.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#108

Post by dofm »

JimDabell wrote: post #61
dijit wrote: post #13

> Here's the thing. No. Hahaha I decided to have a bit of fun with the Accept-Lang header, if you're british it shows a totally different version of my blog including changing my name to a more british variant, a background including tea, phone booths, kings guards, busses, bulldogs and flags... and the colour scheme changes to RWB. https://blog.dijit.sh The original plan was actually to write two variants of every b…

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That is magnificent. :-)

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#109

Post by ifwinterco »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #17

There's two dimensions here, one is US-American readers, the other is how a lot of the rest of the (non-English) world is mostly exposed to US culture through (social) media. But that's more of a thing for millennials, I would've thought younger generations get exposed to more diverse cultures / languages / etc. Anyway, for British-English full of cultural references, watch some of these compilations https://www.yout…

The funny thing is for younger British people this tends to be highly asymmetric - we can (sort of!) understand Scouse or Glaswegian due to growing up here, but also almost everyone under the age of 50 grew up on a steady diet of American TV shows, hip hop etc.

I can understand The Wire fine without subtitles because most of the actors just speak relatively generic African American English instead of a proper Baltimore dialect, and that's no problem at all for someone who spent their formative years consuming Nas and Biggie and all the rest of it.

On the other hand Snoop who is the only main character with an actual Baltimore street accent is pretty much unintelligible to me, but I suspect she would be for a lot of middle class americans as well

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

#110

Post by afandian »

graemep wrote: post #23
gilrain wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody said it was.

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.

Equally, I doubt there was a single Brit involved in RFC 2617 Section 4.3 (for example).
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