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clpc

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From: Lincolnshire England

Registered: 2009-11-15

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Confused about GB UK

In most files where a reference to location is required GB or gb is used for us in Great Britain.
In some other places we are referred to as UK for the United Kingdom, but I feel sure UK is for the Ukraine.

In the rc.conf file...

LOCALE="en_GB.UTF-8"

KEYMAP="uk"

I find both GB and uk.

In 10-keymap.fdi I change the us to gb while installing.

Does anyone know what the United Kingdom or Great Britain is supposed to be?

A sort of free interchangeability appears to be going on, is there a proper authority on this?

Does the case matter, is GB and gb the very same thing?

I am starting to wonder what country I am living in...;)

Thanks

Clive

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Clive,
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azleifel

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Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 486

Re: Confused about GB UK

UA = ISO country code for Ukraine
UK = ISO language code for Ukrainian
Locale.UK    = en_GB
I live in England, speak and spell in British English and have a keyboard with a £ above the 3.  (Found this earlier thread too: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=25162.)

Last edited by azleifel (2010-03-26 22:35:11)