[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Languages British vs English
From:       David Romano <romanod () math ! grinnell ! edu>
Date:       2008-03-10 12:59:12
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0803100754270.8312 () kronecker ! math ! grinnell ! edu
[Download RAW message or body]


I would concur and weigh in in favor "English (US)" since British English 
is more likely the official language of the English-speaking Caribbean.

David Romano

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, G. Milde wrote:

> On 10.03.08, Liviu Andronic wrote:
>> On 3/10/08, Phillip Ferguson <phillip.ferguson@strath.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>  Why is there an English language option and British language option?
>>>  What is the difference? Is this an American vs English English?
>>>
>>>  Could shouldn't these be label correctly as this is very confusing,
>>>  as far as I know there is no British language!
>
>> What always perturbed me is that LyX actually contains an entry for
>> the "American" language. Politically correct formulations (e.g.
>> English (the US); English (the UK)) would look much nicer.
>
> Well, for me the names of the English variants were always
> "British English" and "American English".
>
> My suggestion for the Document>Settings>Languaes list would be
>
>  English (American)       # or English (US)
>  English (British)
>
> in a similar way to e.g.
>
>  Chinese (new spelling)
>  Chinese (traditional)
>
> This way, the English variants are close to another in the
> alphabetical listing which facilitates the choice by offering
> alternatives in one place.
>
> It would also make sufficiently clear that American English is
>
> - not *the* English dialect
> - not *the* language of the american continent
>
>
> Günter
>
>
>

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]