Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone
by petesergeant on Thursday March 02, 2023 @06:04AM
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If you really want to annoy an English person, use an American flag to represent English-language localization
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"English (Traditional) vs English (Simplified)"
en_US would actually be closer to English (Traditional) than en_UK, if linguists are to believe.
EUs English guidelines emphasized en_UK because that used to be the main audience to whom texts should be unambiguous. That requirement is no longer there, so en_EU (which defacto exists, although it has many variations) might now officially move closer to en_US, since that is what most cultural exposure is to for those to whom English is not a first language (i.e. almost everyone in the EU).
I therefore propose a half EU/half US flag pictogram to refer to English from now on.
Re:Europe pushing for lunar time zone
by downvotetruth on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:32PM
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Yeah just forget about the Australians, Irish, South Africans, ...