Public bug reported:
I have been presented with a window 'Language Support' that lists
'Language for menus and windows:' and instructs me to 'Drag languages to
arrange them in order of preference.
It lists these languages:
"
English (United Kingdom)
English
English (Australia)
"
I could claim that the first two entries are duplicates, but this would
seem to be a case of using 'English' to mean the variant used in the
USA. As I am English, I find this offensive since English is English -
the UK contains several countries each with their own language. So, IMO,
the correct list should be :
"
English
English (United States)
English (Australia)
"
However, I realise that is confusing to people from the United States
and that they are likely the majority in terms of English (variant)
speakers. The usual 'solution' is to always specify the variant, ie :
"
English (United Kingdom)
English (United States)
English (Australian)
"
Please consider making the fix.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: language-selector-gnome 0.34.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 20 09:57:49 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: language-selector
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-12 (7 days ago)
** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty
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