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== en-UK == | == en-UK == | ||
There is no "en-UK" language code although it is often used on web pages. | There is no "en-UK" language code although it is often used on web pages. | ||
* [http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29517 ASF Bugzilla bug 29517 Correcting en-UK to en-GB] | * [http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29517 ASF Bugzilla bug 29517 Correcting en-UK to en-GB] | ||
* [http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm ISO 3166 English country names and code elements] - lists "GB" for "United Kingdom". No presence of "UK" suffix. Also, note that <em><strong>country name</strong> is not the same as <strong>language</strong></em>. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 6 September 2010
en-GB
en-GB means United Kingdom English, a form of English used not only in the UK, but also Commonwealth countries such as Canada (which uses a mixture of en-GB and U.S. English (en-US)) and Australia.
The microformats wiki re-uses the W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline and so generally uses en-US, not en-GB, for page names, and the contents of English-language pages.
en-UK
There is no "en-UK" language code although it is often used on web pages.
- ASF Bugzilla bug 29517 Correcting en-UK to en-GB
- ISO 3166 English country names and code elements - lists "GB" for "United Kingdom". No presence of "UK" suffix. Also, note that country name is not the same as language.