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(about American English in Mageia for British users) (Tony Blackwell)</H1> + <B>Max Quarterpleen</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20What%20is%20your%20motivation%3F%20%28about%20American%0A%20English%20in%20Mageia%20for%20British%20users%29%20%28Tony%20Blackwell%29&In-Reply-To=%3CCABN%3DKyj_v2iMfqNH9m_LSVYv_DuYEkzDUr7%3DHMmZi1EM%3DchOJA%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] What is your motivation? (about American English in Mageia for British users) (Tony Blackwell)">bogusman222 at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Jul 26 08:47:30 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008341.html">[Mageia-discuss] What is your motivation? (about American English in Mageia for British users) (Tony Blackwell) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008344.html">[Mageia-discuss] What is your motivation? (about American English in Mageia for British users) (Tony Blackwell) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8343">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8343">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8343">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8343">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:58 AM, TJ <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">andrewsfarm at gmail.com</A>> wrote: + +><i> On 07/25/2012 06:34 PM, <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">bschroeder at internode.on.net</A> wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> On Wednesday 25 Jul 2012 14:39 my mailbox was graced by a message from +</I>>><i> Tony +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Blackwell who wrote: +</I>>><i> > As an Aussie who is highly unlikely to ever see the worth +</I>>><i> > vs effort of an en_AU translation, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Mageia in Strine ? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Shades of Afferbeck Lauder ! +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Cheers, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Ron. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> -- <A HREF="http://www.olgiati-in-**paraguay.org<http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org">http://www.olgiati-in-**paraguay.org<http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org</A>>-- +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> (My apologies for the formatting supplied by my web-browser email +</I>>><i> interface) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Another little item I have discovered about various Englishes. +</I>>><i> American English +</I>>><i> has had a significant Irish input. Much of Australia had a lot of +</I>>><i> Irish convicts in +</I>>><i> its early days and its English bears a noticeable Irish influence +</I>>><i> too, though +</I>>><i> nowhere near the extent of North America. South Australia (where I +</I>>><i> am from) +</I>>><i> did not have this and thus South Australian English is more directly +</I>>><i> descended +</I>>><i> from official 19th century English English (so far as such a beast +</I>>><i> can be said +</I>>><i> to exist). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Brian. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> A number of Irish migrated here as a result of the infamous Potato +</I>><i> Famine. Or so I've been told, anyway. My own family has some Irish roots, +</I>><i> and that's why they came here. Also there's some British, Scot, and Dutch +</I>><i> heritage in my genes. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>Now this is what I love. +How an innocuous discussion about translations and UX turns into a global +history and etymology discussion. +Only in Mageia :) + + +><i> And apparently, while you Aussies got the Irish convicts, we got the cops. +</I>><i> The Irish beat cop is a cliche in many US cities, especially New York. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> TJ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-discuss/attachments/20120726/4f7e55dd/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008341.html">[Mageia-discuss] What is your motivation? (about American English in Mageia for British users) (Tony Blackwell) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008344.html">[Mageia-discuss] What is your motivation? 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