Anon M
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Q: In the language preferences, what is the difference between British English, English, US English…

I mean, I do know that there's differences like -our or -or in the language, but what exactly is "English"? It's apparently not British English, not Australian English, not Canadian English, not US English. What is it? Is it a mix of everything?

 

I would have thought that "English" is the real one (from England I mean) but apparently it isn't since there's "British English".

 

Maybe someone knows

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Jun 5, 2013 5:59 AM

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  • by Anon M,

    Anon M Anon M Jun 5, 2013 7:39 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jun 5, 2013 7:39 AM in response to Csound1

    What confuses you?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM in response to Anon M
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    Jun 5, 2013 7:45 AM in response to Anon M

    Your first post, but your attitude dissuades me from spending more time trying to understand you.

     

    Have a nice day.

  • by Simon Slavin,Helpful

    Simon Slavin Simon Slavin Jun 5, 2013 8:01 AM in response to Anon M
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    Jun 5, 2013 8:01 AM in response to Anon M

    The 'English' variation is a kind of international English, used in many countries across the world as a second language.  It's an attempt to make one set of settings that will be useful for all the people who use English as a scientific or business language but don't have a localised English setting for their own specific country.

  • by Anon M,

    Anon M Anon M Jun 5, 2013 8:03 AM in response to Simon Slavin
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    Jun 5, 2013 8:03 AM in response to Simon Slavin

    Finally, this is what I wanted to know! I didn't know their was a scientific or business "version" of the language, but it kind of makes sense now that you mention it.

     

    Cheers!

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 5, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Anon M
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    Jun 5, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Anon M

    Anon M wrote:

     

    I was wondering what "English" all alone is. Without anything in front of it. Because there's such an option as well. Just "English". Not British English, not Canadian English... just "English" -- that was the question

     

    Computer software can have different degrees of specificity in setting the language for various purposes.  For languages spoken in more than one place (not just English, but German, French, and many others) you can have both the general term (like English) and a more specific term for each country.  When only the most general term is present, it will normally give the same result as the setting for the home country.  So English on Apple devices should give the same result as US English.   For software produced in the UK, English might well give the same result as British English.

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