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Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by arjie »

r3trohack3r wrote: post #172

I can’t say I understand this new current of culture/writing. It’s something like: get angry, turn small acts into grand acts of social defiance, and signal your social ingroup by referencing other things we are angry about. “Do you remember that JK Rowling lady we all hate because she’s an evil witch? Haha, yeah. Anyways, I’m British and I’m going to keep writing like I’m British.” Edit: I agree with the thesis. You…

Huh, that's a good observation. I, too, find that this style of text irritating. I looked through my own blog to try to look for such examples and found a few that do fit the frame. Reading this skeleton of such structure I realize I find such posts boring to read but have definitely written them before. Mortifying. A good negative example to add to the mental gate.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by dofm »

chrismorgan wrote: post #330
dofm wrote: post #231

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean Indian Standard English here.

I have never heard of a thing called “Indian Standard English”, nor (as an Australian who has moved to India) does it sound a very realistic concept. Can’t find any search results for it as a phrase, either.

Sometimes used as a term in linguistics.

Put it in quotes: "Indian Standard English" and you will see plenty of results.

https://www.google.com/?q=%22Indian+Standard+English%22

https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/eww.24...

It doesn't mean a written standard exists.

Maybe it's called Standard Indian English or just Indian English in other contexts; I'm only using a term I've seen used.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by zeristor »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #154
prima-facie wrote: post #149

If you are from Europe, even if you're not living in the UK, the en-GB locale will feel a lot more familiar to you than the en-US one. It uses the dd-mm-yyyy date format like the rest of Europe, the start of the week is on Monday (vs Sunday in the US), the default paper size is A4 (vs US letter), measurement defaults are metric (indeed UK roads use imperial, but the default is otherwise metric), the time format uses…

Not to mention the fact that English basically everywhere else but the US is essentially en-GB with a few choice changes and anachronisms. Consider en-IN, en-IE, en-SG, en-MY, en-AU, en-NZ, etc.

I can’t find en-En…

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by mghackerlady »

umeshunni wrote: post #130
freehorse wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Historically many (predominantly muslim) places in near and middle east have been very diverse, though maybe not exactly the kind of diversity usually conceptualised in the west. If anything, the idea of homogeneous nation states is more like rooted in the enlightenment.

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Extreme Islam acts like that, as does extreme Christianity or any extreme religion. Out of all the Muslims I've met and all the Christians I've met, the Muslims have been by far the more tolerant (granted, I live in the US so there is a very obvious bias in both directions)

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Post by mghackerlady »

dgellow wrote: post #155
liotier wrote: post #74

This French person has taken to writing in en-GB, as a token of protest against current USAian politics. I thank the USA for this step in French-British rapprochement ! Also, in the late 90's, The Register made me love British English... Local accents are great branding.

I really want to see a local Euro English[0] develop as an actual, recognized variant of English. Both because it would be really funny, but also as a way for Continental Europe to develop a common language we can shape our own way 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English (we don't have to take the examples in this page as-is, we can definitely make better local oddities!)

I would much prefer French be used for that purpose as the brits clearly no longer want anything to do with the rest of Europe

ETA: Esperanto or Interlingua would also be acceptable

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by mghackerlady »

thrance wrote: post #303
dgellow wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really want to see a local Euro English[0] develop as an actual, recognized variant of English. Both because it would be really funny, but also as a way for Continental Europe to develop a common language we can shape our own way 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English (we don't have to take the examples in this page as-is, we can definitely make better local oddities!)

How I long for an Esperanto-speaking Europe...

I love Esperanto and would love to see it more widely adopted, but I feel like Interlingua is better for the specific purpose of EU usage

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by abanana »

strenholme wrote: post #170
Dwedit wrote: post #85

Reader View button is your friend here.

I’ve seen a lot of blog entries using typography so horrible, I had to use reader view to read the page—there was a trend in the mid-2010s to use pencil-thin fonts and there is now and then still a blog out there using one of those unreadable pencil-thin fonts. However, this blog uses a very readable font called “Atkinson Hyperlegible” and I had no problem reading it. If the color scheme bothers you, click on “eInk”…

Indeed, unreadable typography (and the need for Reader View) is one of my most common annoyances with sites posted to HN - but I don't see how it's applicable to this site in any way?

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by kurtis_reed »

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

You could just use the US terms, then you wouldn't have to learn both.

Re: This blog is written in en-GB

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Post by Redoubts »

vitally3643 wrote: post #67
blenderob wrote: post #46

I read several blogs that use British English, including this OP's blog. Some of my favourite blogs in my RSS reader are British English blogs, or at least they use British English spellings and grammar. I find their use of the English language very charming and funny in a unique way. It surprises me that anyone would feel entitled to ask a blogger to change the variety of English they use. American English is only o…

Certain cultures teach that diversity is a bad thing to be feared and extinguished. Diversity is only a good thing when your mind has been poisoned by "education" and "experience". It requires an open mind to see diverse experiences as a good thing, and certain cultures think having citizens with open minds is an unprofitable way to run a society.

Ok sure. The Home Secretary just banned new asylum seeker housing near schools and nurseries, fyi.
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