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On 27-Jun-99 Motoyuki Konno wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>   * How many distinct languages are catered for in that directory?  There's
>>     no way to tell.
>> 
>>   * It's incredibly inconsistent.  Look at
>> 
>>        en_US.utf/      US English, probably
> 
> I think "en" is better.  Because English is used in many countries
> (U.K., Austraria, New Zealand, etc.).

Yeah, but US English is a bit different than British English.. mostly in the
form of idioms.  Although I doubt it, it is entirely possible, that we might
end up with a en_UK.ISO-8559-1 (or whatever it is called).

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