Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [gedmurphy] 25001: allow the Americans their incorrect spellings and add a correct UK resource file ; )

[Alex Ionescu]

gedmurphy(a)svn.reactos.org wrote:
>   Author: gedmurphy
>  Date: Thu Nov 30 22:23:19 2006
>  New Revision: 25001
>  
>  URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=25001&view=rev
>  Log:
>  allow the Americans their incorrect spellings and add a correct UK resource file ;)
>   
We (Canadians) also know how to spell properly :)
en-CA please!

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Alex Ionescu
Project Lead, TinyKRNL
Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS

[Justin Haygood]

Out of curiosity.. what's the diff between en-CA and for example, en-UK and
en-US? My girlfriend's laptop is en-US (she's from Toronto), and she doesn't
see anything wrong with it.

On 11/30/06, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>  
>  gedmurphy(a)svn.reactos.org wrote:
> >   Author: gedmurphy
> >  Date: Thu Nov 30 22:23:19 2006
> >  New Revision: 25001
> >
> >  URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=25001&view=rev
> >  Log:
> >  allow the Americans their incorrect spellings and add a correct UK 
>  resource file
> ;)
> >   
>  We (Canadians) also know how to spell properly :)
>  en-CA please!
>
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>  Alex Ionescu
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>  Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS
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[Horváth Róbert]

Justin Haygood wrote:
>   Out of curiosity.. what's the diff between en-CA
> and for example, en-UK and
>  en-US? My girlfriend's laptop is en-US (she's from Toronto), and she 
>  doesn't
>  see anything wrong with it.
>   
It's the spelling:
UK: Colour US: Color
centre, center
defence, defense,
dialogue, dialog,
favourite, favorite
humor, humour
and so on.. and, there must be a distinct CA dialect too. I only know 
these 'famous' words of difference. google it for more.

talley

[Ged Murphy]

Horváth Róbert wrote:
>   Justin Haygood wrote:
>    
> >   Out of curiosity.. what's the diff between
> > en-CA and for example, en-UK and
> >  en-US? My girlfriend's laptop is en-US (she's from Toronto), and she 
> >  doesn't
> >  see anything wrong with it.
> >
> >       
>  It's the spelling:
>  UK: Colour US: Color
>  centre, center
>  defence, defense,
>  dialogue, dialog,
>  favourite, favorite
>  humor, humour
>  and so on.. and, there must be a distinct CA dialect too. I only know 
>  these 'famous' words of difference. google it for more. 
After Alex noted about the Canadian version, I had a quick look for the 
English Canadian sublang ID, but I couldn't find anything.
Do English speaking Canadians use the US language?

[Kenneth J. Davis]

Ged Murphy wrote:
...
>   After Alex noted about the Canadian version, I had a
> quick look for the 
>  English Canadian sublang ID, but I couldn't find anything.
>  Do English speaking Canadians use the US language? 
While things may be different now, and may vary by location, but from my 
observations when I lived in British Columbia (mid 80s to early 90s);
yes and no; the U.S. variant of English is accepted as valid, but 
generally not used nor taught -- that is to say when going to public 
school, words were taught with a more en-UK spelling ('re' instead of 
'er', 'our' instead of 'or', and words pronounced like bean for
'been' 
and shedule for 'schedule') but a teacher would not mark wrong (and my 
dictionaries include both) the use of U.S. spelling (er [center vs 
centre], or [color vs colour], etc).  There may actually be an official 
ruling though, since english (and french) is actually a national 
language in Canada unlike english in the U.S.

Jeremy

[Ged Murphy]

Kenneth J. Davis wrote:
>   Ged Murphy wrote:
>  ...
>    
> >   After Alex noted about the Canadian version, I
> > had a quick look for the 
> >  English Canadian sublang ID, but I couldn't find anything.
> >  Do English speaking Canadians use the US language?
> >       
>  the U.S. variant of English is accepted as valid, but 
>  generally not used nor taught -- that is to say when going to public 
>  school, words were taught with a more en-UK spelling ... 
I was referring to the the Windows sublang id.
UK uses LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
US uses LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

After an initial quick search here 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/indexsrv/h…

I couldn't find anything for Canada, however I've just stumbled across
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN

Ged.

[Alex Ionescu]

Ged Murphy wrote:

>  >the U.S. variant of English is accepted as valid,
> but 
> >generally not used nor taught -- that is to say when going to public 
> >school, words were taught with a more en-UK spelling ... 
That was my point when I said "We know how to spell too".


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Best regards,
Alex Ionescu
Project Lead, TinyKRNL
Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS

[Justin Haygood]

My girlfriend uses only US spelling for everything..... (but then again, she
is in Toronto, so it may vary per province or region)

On 12/2/06, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>  
>  Ged Murphy wrote:
>
> >  >the U.S. variant of English is accepted as
> > valid, but
> > >generally not used nor taught -- that is to say when going to public
> > >school, words were taught with a more en-UK spelling ... 
>  That was my point when I said "We know how to spell too".
>
>
>  --
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>  Project Lead, TinyKRNL
>  Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS
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>

[Steven Edwards]

On 12/2/06, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   Ged Murphy wrote:
>
> >  >the U.S. variant of English is accepted as
> > valid, but
> > >generally not used nor taught -- that is to say when going to public
> > >school, words were taught with a more en-UK spelling ... 
>  That was my point when I said "We know how to spell too". 
OK so its time to revise my statement, only the British could come up
with something like a silent d in Wednesday and only they and the
Canadians would dare call it proper.

-- 
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[Peter Dolding]

Ged Murphy wrote:
>   Horváth Róbert wrote:
>    
> >   Justin Haygood wrote:
> >    
> >      
> > >   Out of curiosity.. what's the diff between
> > > en-CA and for example, en-UK and
> > >  en-US? My girlfriend's laptop is en-US (she's from Toronto), and she 
> > >  doesn't
> > >  see anything wrong with it.
> > >
> > >      
> > >         
> >  It's the spelling:
> >  UK: Colour US: Color
> >  centre, center
> >  defence, defense,
> >  dialogue, dialog,
> >  favourite, favorite
> >  humor, humour
> >  and so on.. and, there must be a distinct CA dialect too. I only know 
> >  these 'famous' words of difference. google it for more.
> >       
>  After Alex noted about the Canadian version, I had a quick look for the 
>  English Canadian sublang ID, but I couldn't find anything.
>  Do English speaking Canadians use the US language?
>     
I think Canadian is like Australia.   Both UK and USA are supported.  
So  centre and center are right here these days.

Peter Dolding

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[Peter Ward]

Your right, I don't see a problem either.

Peter

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