English (United States)

[thesilentone]

Am I the only UK person, or non US english speaker who finds it extremely annoying to have software installers that ask what language you want, and to be presented with that as the only English language option? I laugh and find other nationalistic arguments silly but this really gets my goat for some reason.

Would it really cause so many problems for it to just say "English"?

[SlowwHand]

Irritates the living Hell out of me.

[Drake Tungsten]

I agree. US English is the world standard anyway, so people should be smart enough to know that a general "English" setting really means "US English".

[SlowwHand]

NEVER do you see, "Press that key over yonder".

[Tattila the Hun]

Bloody Queen's English is the standard, boy! You best remember it!

Not that I care... But I quess there are differences. Like colour vs color, tomato vs... tomato.

[SlowwHand]

guess vs. quess, stuff like that?

[thesilentone]

guess I should've put up a no american opinions wanted disclaimer

You'd have to be english to really understand. But it's annoying, trust me!

And sloww, what's with the Q in guess?

Edit: And I really don't mind the spelling differences, there aren't even that many, it's not like it makes it any more difficult to understand, it's just having to accept English (United States) as my only option when installing something really annoys me, like English English is inferior when it's the original grr.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Bloody Queen's English is the standard, boy! You best remember it!

Not that I care... But I quess there are differences. Like colour vs color, tomato vs... tomato.

[Drake Tungsten]

like English English is inferior when it's the original grr.

It is inferior now that America is the center of the English-speaking world. That's how these things work; originality has nothing to do with it...

[Nubclear]

Even in the United States, English spelling and word choice is often considered to be more "refined" and "sophisticated"

As well, in many other areas of the English speaking world, English English is the preferred English, not American English.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Even in the United States, English spelling and word choice is often considered to be more "refined" and "sophisticated"

By who?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by DanS


By who?

United Statesians.

[DanS]

Apparently, I don't know the retards to which you often speak.

[Drake Tungsten]

He's been hanging around Mormons too much...

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DanS
Apparently, I don't know the retards to which you often speak.

lol ... you're being feisty lately DanS

I think he's suggesting that the "upper class" consider british english more "classy"; to a large extent it's a combination of the pretentious yearning for a europe of yore of aristocracy and nobility; and the "Pierce Brosnan" effect, in that British accents are different and thus considered by some "better" (sexier, more genteel, etc.) because of this difference.

Most people consider british pronunciation just ****y, especially those of us who've met real british people who don't make £400,000 a year ...

But I'd be all for replacing it with generic "english". They're not going to put two different ones in there because of the cost-benefit (british translators are expensive ) so just go with generic