What is the language "British"?

[Guillermo Garron]

On 8/28/06, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> As interesting as the discussion is comparing English (UK) and English
> (USA), the point being made by the original post is, there is no such
> thing as the "British" language. No one I know of would use the word to
> describe a language.
>
> Usage rules.  That's why there is so many forms of English -- large
> numbers of people in different countries, in fact use different words or
> spellings.  If its not used (or historical), its not a word.
>
> On Mon, 2006-28-08 at 14:25 +0100, 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.
> >
> > --
> > Timothy Murphy
> > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
> > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
> >
> My Gnome version of the language setup gui gives me the choice of:
> English (Australia), English (Botswana), English (Canada), English
> (Denmark -- now the differences in that one would be interesting),
> English (Great Britain), English (Hong Kong), English (India), English
> (Ireland), English (New Zealand), English (Philippines), English
> (Singapore), English (South Africa), English (USA) and
> English(Zimbabwe).  No "British" nowhere.
>
> By the way, in Canada, I can think of five different forms of French
> that are used regularly.
Yes a friend of mine who lives in Quebec (Montreal) told me that when
he went to France, it was not easy to understand french people and
also the oposite.
:) funny.

regards,
Guillermo.