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We should rename English to "European" while we're at it, or "Standard".

• petesergeant 4y ago
  If you really want to annoy an English person, use an American flag to represent English-language localization
  • pjc50 4y ago
    "English (Traditional) vs English (Simplified)" (joke explanation: this is a reference to the two Chinese writing systems, used in PRC and Taiwan)
    • brnt 4y ago
      en_US would actually be closer to English (Traditional) than en_UK, if linguists are to believe.
  • brnt 4y ago
    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.
    • downvotetruth 4y ago
      Yeah just forget about the Australians, Irish, South Africans, ...