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So thankful that we use the correct date format (yyyy-mm-dd) in Sweden.
Wrong decimal tho. Why isn't there an en-EU or en-ISO locale that has: - yyyy-mm-dd - SI units - 1,234.56 number format
I wish we’d rip the bandaid off and invent a new character that makes it unambiguous across the world.
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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 think it's a bit quick to want that variant to be actual already, but eventual we might be able to make it work.
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So thankful that we use the correct date format (yyyy-mm-dd) in Sweden.
Can I just say that, as someone born and bred in the UK, YYYY-MM-DD is the only correct way to display a date wherever you live. Anything else is as bad as using mm:hh...
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I'm using custom en-CH locales, because I want numbers to use the Swiss format for decimal and thousands, € instead of CHF, standard units, and some version of English :p
How's that going with the numbers? Microsoft had this page where they explained that monetary amounts are formatted one way whereas other numbers are formatted another way. I found that most fascinating, but I don't know whether it matches reality. Also, how does software cope? (Back in the eighties,) I had a teacher who taught both French and geography (I think), and he used the apostrophe as the thousands separator…
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Wait, "couldn't care less" is British?
I think everyone says “couldn’t care less”. But Wiktionary does say “could care less” is “American, nonstandard, proscribed”, so I guess only Americans have that (defective) alternative phrase.
Another is 'on accident'.
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I have a cunning plan: Sneak as many Brits into Hollywood as possible, and have them slip in as many British references into American films as they can. Over time, they'll effectively BECOME British, and Robert's your father's brother! Just whatever you do, don't mention the taxes! I did once, but I think I got away with it...
I got that last reference. That episode has the funniest exchange in the history of television: —He keeps talking about the war. —Well you started it. —No we didn’t. —Yes, you did. You invaded Poland!