On 2011-04-03, Camaleón <noela...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrniph4bo.3io.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
