[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48152: en as default language instead of en_us

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#48152: en as default language instead of en_us
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 Reporter:  colomet      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by getsnoopy):

 Replying to [comment:8 apedog]:
 > I don't know if Oxford dictionary spelling would make sense from an I18N
 perspective tho. I like to spell 'behaviour' and 'neighbour' myself. But
 this is a personal quirk. In as much as English is the lingua franca of
 the web, I think the American spelling is, de facto, the standard.

 Oxford spelling is the international standard (e.g., ''behaviour'' but
 ''organize''). It's taught in practically every school in non-Anglophone
 (and even some Anglophone) countries, used by practically every
 international organization (such as the UN, ISO, IEC, BIPM, NATO, etc.),
 many academic journals and publications (e.g., Nature), and many people in
 general. If not Oxford, the next one is British/Commonwealth English:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

 But since we already have specific locales to cater to the regional ones
 (such as `en-GB`, `en-CA`, `en-AU`), I suggested Oxford because it's the
 only one that is considered to be "international".

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