Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?
On 2011-04-03, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:40:46 +0100, Lisi wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 03 April 2011 13:01:42 Camaleón wrote:
>>> > And what about English English??
>>>
>>> "English English"? You mean "British English" (en-GB)? :-)
>>
>> No. I mean English English. You try telling a Scot that English is the
>> same thing as Scots!
>
> And what's exactly that "English English"? I mean, what iso code it has?
> I ask becasue I'm not aware of any with that name :-?
>
>> You are, however, slightly confused. ;-) England, Great Britain and
>> United Kingdom are all different things.
>
> I was talking about a language standard (en-gb) not about any other
> political related issues :-)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English
>
>> You mention UK and GB as though they are the same thing as each other
>> and as England!! And there is no such thing as UK English.
>> Glaswegians and those from Belfast are both equally incomprehensible to
>> me.
>>
>> The United Kingdom is a political entity and comprises four nations.
>> Hence the term "United" in the name. The geographical entity of Great
>> Britain houses three nations, the English, the Welsh and the Scots. The
>> countries are respectively called England, Wales and Scotland. The
>> fourth member of the united Kingdom, Northern Ireland, is not in Great
>> Britain. It is on the island of Ireland.
>
> Fine, fine... I know well that "problematic". We also have many "Spanish"
> variations and dialects and not only inside Spain itself but also for The
> Americas so that's something we all know very well ;-)
>
Now *that* was a potential minefield. Well played, both of you.
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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