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Hi,

John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> wrote:
> >>   * 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).

I know the differences between US and British English, of course.
But, is there any needs to support 'British English' or 'Canadian
English' version of documents?  I think not.

Currently FreeBSD supports en_AU (Austrarian), en_CA (Canadian),
en_GB (British), en_US (United States).  I think English version of
FreeBSD documents commonly used in these countries...  So, I think
en_US.utf, en_US.ISO_8859-1, or en_GB.ISO_8859-1 is not appropriate
for the [source|install] directory name.

If FreeBSD has a plan to maintain 'British English' or 'Canadian
English' version of documents separate from US English version,
the name 'en_US.utf' or 'en_US.ISO_8859_1' may be suitable.

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