** Description changed:

  Ubuntu 11.10 beta installation.
  
-  1. What you expected to happen
+  1. What you expected to happen
  
  The same as what happened, but without the inconvenience
  
-  2. What actually happened
+  2. What actually happened
+ 
+ Update: seems to affect only Alternate CD (Gnome), LiveCD is OK.
  
  Supposing a foreign person person in Belgium, let's say an American.
  
  Installation starts.
  Language choice: what he speaks: English (twice)
  Country for time zone, euro, etc. : Belgium
  
  Answer: "There is no locale defined for the combination of language and 
country..."
  "You can now select the locale that will be used ... [a country where English 
is spoken]"
  And our American guy is requested to move to Zimbabwe or some place, e. g. 
return to US.
  Or to install and configure the system in a language he does not understand.
  
  FYI: a computer located in Belgium is perfectly capable of running in 
English, see:
  
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Setting-the-POSIX-Locale
  
- As a side note, if he chooses Dutch (his neighbourr's language) the
+ As a side note, if he chooses Dutch (his neighbour's language) the
  system answers that the messages may be a mix of Dutch and English !!!
  Make up your mind ;-)
  
-  3. The minimal series of steps necessary to make it happen, where step 1 is 
"start the program"
+  3. The minimal series of steps necessary to make it happen, where step 1 is 
"start the program"
  1 start the programs
  2 all of the above.

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  installer does not allow the right country/language combination

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