Re: A language by any other name
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On Wednesday 19 Sep 2001 8:37 pm, John Hasler wrote:
> Steve Langasek writes:
> > en_UK is English as spoken in the United Kingdom.
>
> While en_GB is english as spoken in Great Britain. Perhpas one of
> the residents thereof can explain the difference.
en_UK doesn't exist as a locale AFAIK, it is en_GB I believe.
The difference between "United KIngdom" and "Great Britain" is rather
blurred. However, it appears to be that "Great Britain" comprises
England, Scotland and Wales, whereas "United Kindom" adds Northern
Ireland to that.
stephen:~$ dict -d wn "united kingdom"
1 definition found
- From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
United Kingdom
n : a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and
Wales and Northern Ireland [syn: {United Kingdom}, {UK},
{Great Britain}, {Britain}, {United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland}]
stephen:~$ dict -d wn "great britain"
1 definition found
- From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
Great Britain
n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and
Wales and Northern Ireland [syn: {United Kingdom}, {UK},
{Great Britain}, {Britain}, {United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland}]
2: an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales [syn:
{Great Britain}]
The line *does* seem rather blurry. Personally I use the two terms
interchangeably. Others like to be more exact about it.
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Stephen Stafford
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