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And, yes, I'm sure there is a good reason somewhere, but en_GB makes no obvious sense. |
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In http://www.iana.org/assignments/lang...ubtag-registry The IANA subtag "GB" is defined as : Type: region Subtag: GB Description: United Kingdom Added: 2005-10-16 Comments: as of 2006-03-29 GB no longer includes the Channel Islands and Isle of Man; see GG, JE, IM and Ukraine is : Type: language Subtag: uk Description: Ukrainian Added: 2005-10-16 Suppress-Script: Cyrl So I think that is probably the reason - uk means somewhere else entirely in the context of language codes, if not in the assignment of TLDs. BobC |
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Whilst a technicality, my first thought was what setting do residents of Northern Ireland choose to adopt? *less of an issue for standards compliant Linux users. |
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Maybe in a few years time I'll have to use "Scotland" as the locale ... |
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Really, I was agreeing with you - the drop-down menus of locations, though coming from a different starting point, are the problem. I've thought back, and until computers became ubiquitous, I don't think the term "UK/United Kingdom" was really used. Our nationality is British, the government is British etc. So, where did this UK nonsense come from? Don't bother answering - this is sufficiently off-topic (again!) - let's keep it a rhetorical question!
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