Windows 8 Will (Finally) Include Support for UK English

[JMcEntegart]

Something to cheer up your grey day.

Windows 8 Will (Finally) Include Support for UK English : Read more

 

[billybobser]

Hopefully I can also print a basic calender starting on sunday using publisher, without having to convert my system to completely US.

Seems odd really, as they offer other language variants but neglected the easiest one of all, English.

A welcome improvement to take care of the small annoyances associated with not having it.

 

[randomizer]

Keep in mind that this isn't a complete translation. The key phrase is "commonly used Windows features." Anything that doesn't fall into that category will still be in US English (or whatever the "parent" language is for that LIP).

 

[Evil_Geddy_Lee]

¿Que

 

[luc2k]

[citation][nom]Evil_Geddy_Lee[/nom]¿Que[/citation]
Burro

 

[teodoreh]

My Amiga supported infinite number of languages - even Klingon with localize. But hey, that was back in 1992!

 

[godnodog]

Well I am surprised, I never noticed this, because there are, for example 2 Portuguese language options), the standard european version and the brazillian version for a long time now, and the standard portuguese version has by far a smaller potential market than the brazillian market, yet we´ve beeng given this choise since, if i´m not mistaken, Windows 95.
How I understand the english being annoyed for having to use the Us version, how I understand.....

 

[-Fran-]

Was about bloody time, mate!

Cheers!

 

[back_by_demand]

At last, now we don't have to use a bastardised version of the language where words like "Colour" are missing letters through no other reason than what seems like pure laziness.

 

[coreym72]

Dear Helpdesk,
Look Mate... The Telly went on the blink.
sent via mY Phone

RE: Dear Helpdesk,
Sorry Ol' Chap but that is a Blue Screen of Death.

 

[Guest]

Ireland English was always available which is virtually the same as UK English, could they not just rename it to Ireland/UK English

 

[freggo]

Hope y'all will include Texan too now!

 

[pacioli]

I read the title and wanted to add my own Anglicized version of common windows terms here in the comments...

Apparently I wasn't the only one...

 

[keyanf]

Colour me surprised...

 

[Usersname]

Double-click then right-click any word in any app in osx and you can instantly access the Oxford English Dictionary (or numerous other data sources). It is beautifully elegant.

 

[joefx69]

Hahaha UK English?!!

You mean ENGLISH

 

[jhansonxi]

Why can't the English speak English like the rest of us Americans?

 

[lathe26]

I agree that the UK pronounces words like aluminum correctly and I'm fine with having different words for the same thing (truck vs lorry, hood vs bonnet, trunk vs boot). These make the language richer by making word-play jokes and poetry rhyming possible.

However, having similar words that with superfluous letters that add nothing should be removed from the English language. These merely complicate things and have no value. Ex: old vs olde, shop vs shoppe, while vs whilst.

 

[Usersname]

[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]Why can't the English speak English like the rest of us Americans?[/citation]Excluding the indigenous people, it's not just the speaking, Americans can't spell or speak English properly.

 

[Usersname]

[citation][nom]lathe26[/nom] Ex: old vs olde, shop vs shoppe, while vs whilst.[/citation] Olde and shoppe are fictitious and have never been correct even in Britain, while whilst is quite another matter.

Face it. They simply can't talk proper, like.

 

[Guest]

Considering that America is a former British colonial state populated by the British (by the millions even up to the early 1900's), it actually makes American English just a dialect of English. Then considering that more people in the world speak that dialect, it actually makes American English the norm. There's a reason the northeastern part of the US is called "New" England.

 

[freggo]

Add to the mix the fact that the majority of 'white' Americans are NOT of British descend and it makes the whole language melting pot even more interesting.

 

[BWMerlin]

[citation][nom]dirtyferret[/nom]now if we can only get everyone to speak english in the states[/citation]
I would never call what is spoken or written in "The States" English but a horrible bastardised language made for simpletons which clearly shows.

 

[Sprinx]

So, can I switch my language to German if I want? I'm American, but I'm trying to learn - it's a form of immersion, I suppose.

Currently, you could only do this with Windows Vista / 7 Ultimate, and maybe Enterprise too. Not an option for the majority of home users, which have Home Premium or Professional.

As far as I know, there is no word on what the SKUs will be.

 

[gokanis]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]At last, now we don't have to use a bastardised version of the language where words like "Colour" are missing letters through no other reason than what seems like pure laziness.[/citation]
No we omit them because they are not necessary, just like we omitted the english back in 1776.