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2009/12/09 16:08:06
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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When in a video game you have to select the language and the flag next to "English" is the American flag. 
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2009/12/09 16:09:13
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps
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why is that funny?
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2009/12/09 16:09:28
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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Who else speaks English? 
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/12/09 16:09:47
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2009/12/09 16:14:01
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Can't tell if serious or not. Just in case here goes.
Spanish - Spanish Flag
French - French Flag
German - German Flag
English - American flag
That's right, those so called "English" from "England" can suck it! USA...USA...USA...
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2009/12/09 16:18:28
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos
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Don't they mostly speak hindi over in England?
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2009/12/09 16:18:48
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought
Monarchy of TBD
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American, or English as it is known colloquially, saves valuable programming space by disposing of the totally unnecessary 'u' prevalent in traditional British English.
Using American also prevents a common glitch where an English game will stop running at 3pm for 'Tea time'. It will refuse all offers of golf clubs, and will only be satisfied by tiny cucumber sandwiches and hot tea- some sort of barbaric alternative to coffee.
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English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
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2009/12/09 16:18:55
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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[DCM]
Tilter at Windmills
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I think that's just for this part of the world.
When I took a bus tour through Eastern and Central Europe, the rest stop convenience store attendants in Serbia, Slovakia, and Hungary had little flags on their name tags indicating what languages they spoke. It was always the Union Jack for English. Likewise with multilingual product labeling in that part of the world- the English part of the label has the British flag next to it.
Here at work, for fun and quick reference, we have little flags on the corners of the cubes for the multilingual folks. Of course it’s a point of minor annoyance/injustice that we have the Spanish flag for all our Spanish speakers, when none of them are actually from Spain or directly descended from Spain. Guatemala, Puerto Rico, etc., but no actual Spaniards.
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2009/12/09 16:22:54
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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Wait, so British people speak English? That's impossible they're from a foreign country.
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2009/12/09 16:35:18
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Mannahnin wrote:I think that's just for this part of the world.
I have no doubt. It would be even funnier if it weren't though. Still, it reminds me of things like having to change the title of the original Harry Potter book from Philosophers Stone to Sorcerers Stone becuase it was thought no one would get the reference. They have to change the flag because no one will know who speaks english if they don't.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2009/12/09 16:37:28
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Yvan eht nioj
In my Austin Ambassador Y Reg
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What do I need to learn English for? I'm never going to England..... - Homer Simpson
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2009/12/09 16:38:50
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Games are generally reprogrammed to suit the local market -- this includes changing the UK flag to US when a game is adapted for the USA.
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2009/12/09 16:42:47
Subject: Re:You know what makes me laugh?
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Unbalanced Fanatic
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It shouldn't be a UK flag though, it should be a St George's Cross, an actual English flag, not some bizarre flag for an amalgamation of countries.
The OC-D
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2009/12/09 16:45:42
Subject: Re:You know what makes me laugh?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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theocd wrote:It shouldn't be a UK flag though, it should be a St George's Cross, an actual English flag, not some bizarre flag for an amalgamation of countries.
The OC-D
I've seen that to.
This is really going way more seriously then i thought it would. It just makes me laugh a bit becuase when I see it I know that out there is someone in the US that if they had put the Union Jack or St. G's Cross would be sitting there getting frustrated wanting to know why there isn't an english option.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2009/12/09 19:04:50
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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Gitzbitah wrote:American, or English as it is known colloquially, saves valuable programming space by disposing of the totally unnecessary 'u' prevalent in traditional British English.
Using American also prevents a common glitch where an English game will stop running at 3pm for 'Tea time'. It will refuse all offers of golf clubs, and will only be satisfied by tiny cucumber sandwiches and hot tea- some sort of barbaric alternative to coffee.
Oh, FFS.
Tea Time is at 15:30, not 15:00 hours.
Heathen.
Still, you come from a country where you actually unfurl your umbrellas when it rains, so what can one expect.
learn the rules please.
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2009/12/09 19:13:27
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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reds8n wrote: Still, you come from a country where you actually unfurl your umbrellas when it rains, so what can one expect.
Being that we're a country of heathen witches, if we didn't we'd all melt.
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2009/12/09 19:16:29
Subject: Re:You know what makes me laugh?
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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All this abuse of non-American English and Mad Dok Grotsnik hasn't blown up in an eight-cylinder huff yet? Somebody better go by his house and see if he's still among the living.
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2009/12/09 19:18:20
Subject: Re:You know what makes me laugh?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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2009/12/09 19:22:26
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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Platuan4th wrote:reds8n wrote: Still, you come from a country where you actually unfurl your umbrellas when it rains, so what can one expect.
Being that we're a country of heathen witches, if we didn't we'd all melt.
but at least you'd be doing it with dignity.
Those of you wearing "sportswear" aside, obviously.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2009/12/09 22:10:44
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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The games (playstation 2) I have use the union jack image for english.
That's generally because it's easier to port for the PAL system from UK than to port the NTSC from the US.
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2009/12/09 22:12:36
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Killer Klaivex
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Almost all PAL games that I play have the Union Jack as the option for 'English'. It's probably a regional thing.
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People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made. |
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2009/12/10 01:02:43
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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Breaking News: America is NOT the world!
In every other country apart from the USA, the option for 'English' is represented by the Union Flag. It's understandable though, when your target market thinks 'London' is a country, don't confuse them anymore than you have to.
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 Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2009/12/10 01:08:00
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Stabbin' Skarboy
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Being a person who worked at Sony Computer Entertainment of America doing third party testing and localization, this is my only response to this thread:  Albatross wrote:Breaking News: America is NOT the world!
In every other country apart from the USA, the option for 'English' is represented by the Union Flag. It's understandable though, when your target market thinks 'London' is a country, don't confuse them anymore than you have to.
THIS! (Alby... We are very much in tune today.  )
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I am a damaged individual screaming random obscenities into the internet, sorry if I upset you.
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2009/12/10 01:12:11
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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Ha! It wasn't a dig at Americans per se, more at young (and not so young) american videogame consumers:
OMG I JUST PWNED YOU!!!!!!! WHAT A N00B!!!1!!111!
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Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2009/12/10 11:18:49
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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Um, over here a few of our language game settings have the Aussie flag. Would that explain why the Master Chief calls everyone 'mate'?
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers" 
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2009/12/10 21:13:40
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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Duh. it uses the American flag because we INVENTED the language! Dang Brits stole it from us.
Albatross wrote:Breaking News: America is NOT the world!
Pffft. Spoken like a true foreigner.
Albatross wrote:when your target market thinks 'London' is a country, don't confuse them anymore than you have to.
Country? How can London be a country when the whole COUNTRY is barely large enough to be a country?
; )
Eric
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2009/12/10 21:27:11
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
Inside your mind, corrupting the pathways
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MagickalMemories wrote:Country? How can London be a country when the whole COUNTRY is barely large enough to be a country?
It's not the size of the country that matters, but what you do with it
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2009/12/10 21:29:10
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Or don't do.
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--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
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2009/12/10 23:09:57
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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Exactly - things we DIDN'T do:
Invent 'Junk Food'
Lose the Vietnam War
Segregation/general institutionalised racism
Let kids who aren't old enough to drink, feth or vote, own firearms.
Invent l33t. That's possibly the worst.
That's right - it's ON!
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Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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2009/12/10 23:22:59
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Drinking I'll give you that, sex isn't illegal between minors (just illegal between minor and adult) and you also cannot purchase a firearm of any sort under 18. You now have to be 18 to buy airsoft and paintball guns.
So your list is partially right.
Agree about Nam but another place we should not have stuck our nose into.
Racism works both ways, Segregation I imagine exists but not nearly as much as it did 100 years ago and not as long as the NAACP and ACLU exist.
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--The whole concept of government granted and government regulated 'permits' and the accompanying government mandate for government approved firearms 'training' prior to being blessed by government with the privilege to carry arms in a government approved and regulated manner, flies directly in the face of the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
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2009/12/10 23:58:38
Subject: You know what makes me laugh?
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Fixture of Dakka
Manchester UK
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I was just teasing man!
List of things the USA DIDN'T do:
Invent Black Pudding.
Or Haggis.
Crush half of the world under it's Redcoated imperialist jackboot (THAT actually looked like fun, though).
Invent 'Morris Dancing'.
Wales. Just in General.
Keep attacking it's near neighbours and claiming 'they started it'.
...so it's not ALL bad news  .
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Cheesecat wrote:
I almost always agree with Albatross, I can't see why anyone wouldn't.
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