What is the language "British"?

[jdow]

From: "William Case" <billlinux at rogers.com>

> Hi All;
> 
> As interesting as the discussion is comparing English (UK) and English
> (USA), the point being made by the original post is, there is no such
> thing as the "British" language. No one I know of would use the word to
> describe a language.  
> 
> Usage rules.  That's why there is so many forms of English -- large
> numbers of people in different countries, in fact use different words or
> spellings.  If its not used (or historical), its not a word.
> 
> On Mon, 2006-28-08 at 14:25 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> I was installing FC-5 yesterday,
>> and I noticed that when asked to choose my language,
>> I was given an extensive list which included "British" but not "English".
>> 
>> I never heard this language described as "British" before.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Timothy Murphy  
>> e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
>> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
>> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
>> 
> My Gnome version of the language setup gui gives me the choice of:
> English (Australia), English (Botswana), English (Canada), English
> (Denmark -- now the differences in that one would be interesting),

And I wonder what my American expat former Buff pilot friend in Denmark
would say about it.

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