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I think you want en-IE; boy howdy is localization a fraught subject!

by 1-more 6y ago

mikestew 6y ago
It's been years since localization has been any defined part of my role, so I thought I'd go Wikipedia[0] just to make sure I didn't screw it up. Should have gone with my gut because Ireland wasn't listed in the page I went to. :-( "I'd swear Ireland has its own code. But Ireland is in GB, right? Or is it just UK, and GB is something else? Aww, screw it, I'm not putting this much effort into a smart arse comment, EN-GB it is." [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_localisation#Language_tags_and_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_localisation#Language...
- Hamuko 6y ago
  >But Ireland is in GB, right? No, Ireland is in Ireland, which is the island next to Great Britain. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Those and Northern Ireland are in the United Kingdom, and Great Britain, Ireland and a bunch of irrelevant islands make up the British Isles. The British Isles are in Europe, but the United Kingdom isn't in the European Union, except they kinda still are for the next month and some. But one of the Irelands definitely still is, but the entire island of Ireland isn't fully in the European Union, except that they don't want a hard border despite the fact that it's now one of the outer borders of the EU.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  But Ireland is in GB, right? No. But that's a subject we really shouldn't get into here.
  - messe 6y ago
    I mean, I think it's safe to get into matters of geography. Ireland is very much not in Great Britain, and is a separate island. Let's not mention the UK though...
- 1-more 6y ago
  You've gotten some great answers so far so I'll just underscore that it's fraught. Maybe less so than "what do we call that language that they speak in what was Yugoslavia" and "are Hindi and Urdu dialects or registers of the same language or different languages." My favorite bit of trivia on this particular bit of political history is that James II of England was James VII of Scotland. You can start at Wales on here and follow the non-hyperlinks to the other parts of the page[0]. Compared to the weirdness in the past it's probably easier these days to make a non-offensive "list of countries and languages" and it's still hard!! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union#Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union#Wales
- messe 6y ago
  > Or is it just UK, and GB is something else Neither. For anybody curious, Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland is not. Great Britain is the island consisting of Scotland, Wales and England. The UK consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ireland refers to both the island, and also to the state also known as the Republic of Ireland. The state has been independent from the UK since the 1920s.

I think you want en-IE; boy howdy is localization a fraught subject!

by 1-more 6y ago

I think you want en-IE; boy howdy is localization a fraught subject!

It's been years since localization has been any defined part of my role, so I thought I'd go Wikipedia[0] just to make sure I didn't screw it up. Should have gone with my gut because Ireland wasn't listed in the page I went to. :-( "I'd swear Ireland has its own code. But Ireland is in GB, right? Or is it just UK, and GB is something else? Aww, screw it, I'm not putting this much effort into a smart arse comment, EN-GB it is." [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_localisation#Language_tags_and_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_localisation#Language...

Hamuko 6y ago
>But Ireland is in GB, right? No, Ireland is in Ireland, which is the island next to Great Britain. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Those and Northern Ireland are in the United Kingdom, and Great Britain, Ireland and a bunch of irrelevant islands make up the British Isles. The British Isles are in Europe, but the United Kingdom isn't in the European Union, except they kinda still are for the next month and some. But one of the Irelands definitely still is, but the entire island of Ireland isn't fully in the European Union, except that they don't want a hard border despite the fact that it's now one of the outer borders of the EU.
reaperducer 6y ago
But Ireland is in GB, right? No. But that's a subject we really shouldn't get into here.
- messe 6y ago
  I mean, I think it's safe to get into matters of geography. Ireland is very much not in Great Britain, and is a separate island. Let's not mention the UK though...
1-more 6y ago
You've gotten some great answers so far so I'll just underscore that it's fraught. Maybe less so than "what do we call that language that they speak in what was Yugoslavia" and "are Hindi and Urdu dialects or registers of the same language or different languages." My favorite bit of trivia on this particular bit of political history is that James II of England was James VII of Scotland. You can start at Wales on here and follow the non-hyperlinks to the other parts of the page[0]. Compared to the weirdness in the past it's probably easier these days to make a non-offensive "list of countries and languages" and it's still hard!! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union#Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_union#Wales
messe 6y ago
> Or is it just UK, and GB is something else Neither. For anybody curious, Northern Ireland is part of the UK, the Republic of Ireland is not. Great Britain is the island consisting of Scotland, Wales and England. The UK consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ireland refers to both the island, and also to the state also known as the Republic of Ireland. The state has been independent from the UK since the 1920s.