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f0dder:
Tuxman: German might be the national language in a lot of countries, and both Spanish and Chinese and probably Russian are bigger national languages than English... still, English is (and should!) be the global language simply because it's the biggest when you take non-primary language into account.
That, and the fact that it's not as ugly as French or German, and doesn't require the use of non-ASCII characters ;) (well, modern English doesn't).
Anyway, this is going slightly OT :P
Tuxman:
Of course English is ugly. It doesn't even have grammar. "Add an s, and you'll have the plural", lol, [flame] now we all know why the Presidents of the United States are a bit... illiterate. :P [/flame]
English is not the global language, Chinese is. When I take non-primary languages into account, there are also some countries in Africa for German... so you'd better accept that not every software in this bloody world has to be in English.
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f0dder:
English is not the global language, Chinese is.-Tuxman (December 25, 2009, 09:49 AM)
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Not yet, and hopefully (though perhaps not realistically) my time on this ball of dirt will be gone before it is.
English isn't a perfect language, with all the odd little exceptions it has... but it's still the language that will let you reach the widest possible amount of users. Unless you're writing very national software, it's arrogant to release in anything but English.
Tuxman:
It is also arrogant to expect everyone to speak English. In Europe you'll reach a wider audience with German. :P
f0dder:
It is also arrogant to expect everyone to speak English. In Europe you'll reach a wider audience with German. :P-Tuxman (December 25, 2009, 09:56 AM)
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Will you, now? You'll definitely have more people having German as their native tongue, but I expect the amount of people who understand English to be higher. Here in Denmark, German is (unfortunately) still an obligatory course in primary school, but ask most people who have been out of school for some years how fluent they are with German vs. how fluent they are with English... viva the internet :-*
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