Lingopolitics?

Maybe this should be in tech humour?

I was looking at a box this morning that has had a tendency to turn off the monitor at random intervals. The power stays on, but the screen goes black.

I figured that it was probably the video card, as I got the famous "ati3d1ag" reference on a blue screen...........................there was also a possibility of java being involved.

So I downloaded the latest ATI drivers etc and loaded them and got this message that it was:

"changing the language from Canadian English to United States English :eek:

This was right at reboot time, so it had nothing to do with the installation language...........the installation did not really need a language anyway as it was virtually automatic.

I can understand word processors offering different versions of English to load their dictionaries and grammar checks, but this was a new one on me.

I have just checked the keyboard, and the input locale is UK English??????????????

I suspect it is politics, as I have done some experiments with word processing packages and most flavours of English are the same..................I guess it is just to pay lip service to national identities?

:)

I have never noticed a marked difference in Canadian and US English.

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changing the language from Canadian English to United States English

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The only thing would be that Canadians have a tendency to use "eh" in their spoken english, more than USers do.

Now proper English english, I will admitt, is quite different. Its almost a foreign language with their bonnets for proper hoods and all.

Canadian English, UK English, American English - hell, none of us have spoken English English in years.

English???? Must be a foreign language :D

Hey mox~

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Now proper English english, I will admitt, is quite different. Its almost a foreign language with their bonnets for proper hoods and all.

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In England our automobiles have "bonnets" and "boots", as befits a lady...................."hoods" belong in Chicago and "trunks" on circus elephants :p

What struck me as weird is that all I was doing was updating the video drivers :D