Re: What is the language "British"?

[alan <alan clueserver org>]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> I was installing FC-5 yesterday,
> and I noticed that when asked to choose my language,
> I was given an extensive list which included "British" but not "English".
>
> I never heard this language described as "British" before.

What is defined as "English" now should be defined as "American".

The reason there is a difference is due to spelling.  (And the English 
have bigger pints.)

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