cazabon, 11 months ago

@mattswift

Also pity us poor #Canadians [1]. The vast majority of software offers only two locales, "United States" and "United Kingdom", when you choose English as an interface language.

So we're constantly being nagged about misspelling words no matter which we choose.

[1] Australians and New Zealanders are frequently in the same boat.

#software #locale #i18n #canada

tezoatlipoca, 11 months ago

@cazabon @mattswift Whats even dumber is my computer is set to en_CA but my Grammarly runs in en_US because i write for an american audience. :/

cazabon, 11 months ago

@tezoatlipoca @mattswift

I haven't used American mode. Does it warn if you use big words or something?

😜

BenCotterill, 11 months ago

@mattswift saw a similar drop down today that said “How do you want measurements”? The options were listed as ‘US’ and ‘International’. What happened to Imperial and Metric?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/arabic-numerals-survey-prejudice-bias-survey-research-civic-science-a8918256.html

mattswift, 11 months ago

@BenCotterill Everyone knows there's only 2 countries: The United States, and Other.

BenCotterill, 11 months ago

@mattswift currently watching a documentary about film box office. Giggling every time they say domestic and international. Domestic to whom? The country where it was made?

veronica, 11 months ago

@BenCotterill @mattswift I watch a lot of foreign films. Especially from the US.

BenCotterill, 11 months ago

@veronica I have only one IMDb credit. It’s a domestic film, was all produced in my friends house.