Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 17, 2019 10:17 UTC (Thu) by jond (subscriber, #37669)
In reply to: Perl 6 renamed to Raku by mirabilos
Parent article: Perl 6 renamed to Raku

is en_US a different language to en_GB?

Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 17, 2019 11:58 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (1 responses)

heh, there are a lot of folks that would say that 'en_GB' is actually several languages..

Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 19, 2019 23:50 UTC (Sat) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Well, we have english_GB, scots_GB, gaelic_GB, cornish_GB, scouse_GB, geordie_GB, etc etc.

To make matters worse, English is the language of the Saxon south, Scots is the language of the Anglish north, and Gaelic the language of the Scottish west.

Cornish and Welsh, I believe, are the "original" British language, predating the Saxons and Romans. (A Welshman was originally a pre-Saxon inhabitant anywhere in the country.)

And Scouse and Geordie are quite likely the remnant of the Viking/Norse invasions of middle Britain.

Cheers,
Wol

Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 17, 2019 16:14 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]

Probably not. But you might ask somebody form Brazil whether pt_BR is a different language than pt_PT.

Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 18, 2019 21:21 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

Try using en_GB subtext to communicate with people who only understand en_US and see how far that gets you…

Perl 6 renamed to Raku

Posted Oct 18, 2019 22:05 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

Not particularly more so than ur-PK and hi-IN, or hbs-BA and hbs-HR, or fr_FR and fr_CA.