Just after starting `latex' `\show\englishhyphenmins' prints: \englishhyphenmins=\relax.
That is, even freshly initialized latex contains `\englishhyphenmins' command definition that can not be processed properly while processing `\English' command defined by `\usepackage[english,russian]{babel}'. The latter command always fails. How do we ensure that `\englishhyphenmins' in latex defined properly and `\English' command works? Using tetex 2.0.2. Sample latex input follows. \documentclass{report} \usepackage[cp1251]{inputenc} \usepackage[english,russian]{babel} \English \begin{document} \end{document}