[wp-hackers] Decision time in re: admin rework

Bull3t bull3t at ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 23 13:26:40 GMT 2007


I hate the phrase 'English (United States)' when, in truth, English
originated in England, hence it's name. So really it should be American
'(United States)' and 'English (United Kingdom)' or just 'English' will do.
:@

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Les Bessant
> Sent: 23 December 2007 09:35
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Decision time in re: admin rework
> 
> <<<<<<<<<<<< Stephen Rider >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > On Dec 22, 2007, at 3:03 PM, Matt Mullenweg wrote:
> >
> >>> PLEASE use this opportunity to change "Howdy" to "Hello" -
> >>> Wordpress is an international product, not a U.S.A one - howdy
> >>> really doesn't work well in Europe!
> >>
> >> Howdy! Not going to change.
> >
> > Heh.  Sounds like a localization problem
> >
> > en-us "Howdy!"
> > en-ca "Hey Dere!"
> > en-au "G'Day!"
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > Stephen
> 
> Indeed. It would be nice if WP didn't make the Microsoft error of thinking
> that English = US English.
> 
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