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How well does it handle standard international English? So many of the tools I've seen seem to only support American English.
by smcleod 1y ago
How well does it handle standard international English? So many of the tools I've seen seem to only support American English.
- Andrew_nenakhov 1y agoSpeaking of which, isn't it time to consider American English to be the standard one? Colour and licence are so quaint.
- smcleod 1y agoWell, only Americans use it. There's no point in arguing about it your version of a language is better or worse but for the rest of the world it's incredibly annoying having to correct Zs with Ss when using LLMs or American only software.
- Andrew_nenakhov 1y agoI'm actually Russian. The whole world uses American English, by virtue of US dominance in all important technical and cultural spheres.
- smcleod 1y ago"The only whole world uses American English" ... I think you might be living in a bubble. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
- larnon 1y agoHe is actually correct. I am neither American nor English.
- bigDinosaur 1y agoCommonwealth nations tend to not use American English. They form a fairly major part of the world.
- smcleod 1y agoThat's certainly not the case in the majority of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa, West Africa, South Africa, PNG, Fiji, Philippines, South Asia and South East Asia. Really it's mostly just America and Canada that use American. I could cite many sources but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_s... provides a simple view.
- gamegod 1y agoWe don't use American English in Canada either.
- smcleod 1y agoOh! I'm sorry, I must have misread!
- naniwaduni 1y agoAmerican forms are definitely dominant in the Philippines, even in an official capacity. I can't comment on Africa, but I would also characterize SEA as American-leaning in the wild; en-gb dominates in education but largely illusory. Elsethread the same claim is made of the "majority of Europe".
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- beAbU 1y agoI honestly don't think this is true. In many places outside the US our devices will default to US spelling, making it appear as if the language spoken by the locals is US English. But when you look at things like the type of English being taught in school, or the language used by the government, it'll be UK/International English.
- Andrew_nenakhov 1y agoI regularly correspond to people from all over the world, India, China, Brazil, France, and they all tend to use US English, thus the suggestion. Commonwealth countries are relatively minor in population compared to the USA and the rest of the world. And yes, default US spelling in devices does play a role. See prev. point about technological and cultural dominance.
- macintux 1y ago> Commonwealth countries are relatively minor in population compared to the USA and the rest of the world. Given India's presence in the Commonwealth, this seems an odd assertion. 2.6 billion people live in the Commonwealth[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Commonwea...
- Andrew_nenakhov 1y agoKinda forgot India is still part of the Commonwealth. Maybe because all Indians I ever corresponded with uniformly used US spelling, likely because they work a lot with the USA. YMMV.
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- richrichardsson 1y agoI could care less about this attempt at trolling, but I won't. We have enough American cultural hegemony as it is. It frustrates me no end that I regularly am unable[1] to configure software to use my preferred version of English. [1] or it's extremely difficult. CLion I'm looking at you; every available option I have is set to British English, but still you insist on telling me my Colours should be corrected to Color etc. :(
- adastra22 1y agoEnglish is a bastard language of French and Saxon. But we don’t get upset over that because Britain made the world English. Now the USA is making the world American. That ship has sailed.
- beAbU 1y agoI think we need to call American English "American", then you can speak American and I can speak English.
- BoredPositron 1y agoEurope still teaches British English in schools.