You know what grinds my gears?

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 09/02/2017 at 17:19 • Filed to: None

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When there’s a language selection, and English uses an American flag. Or when Spanish uses a Mexican flag. Or when Portuguese uses a Brazilian flag. Might as well use a Singaporean flag to represent Chinese, or a Congolese flag to represent French.

IT’S TIME TO STOP

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:25

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American English is different to UK English and Steam uses American English.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:26

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America is the only English speaking country that matters, and Mexico is attached to us.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:31

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European sites tend to use the Union Flag tough.

Urambo Tauro > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:32

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Why not use two flags?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:39

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djmt1 > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/02/2017 at 17:41

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Well American Steam does. I can exclusively confirm that English Steam uses English.

Porsche was my first word > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:41

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a Congolese flag to represent French.

That would be fun!

They could use an Austrian flag for German (yes, that’s where I’m from). There are even German speaking communities in Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and France as well as in the Czech Republic (probably the Netherlands and Denmark as well, but I’m not sure). You’ll find them even in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and in Kyrgyzstan.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/02/2017 at 17:43

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I’ll have you know that Guernsey is actually the most powerful English-speaking nation and the only one that ACTUALLY matters.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Porsche was my first word 09/02/2017 at 17:45

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A Namibian flag would also work for German, considering German is one of the most spoken languages there behind English and Afrikaans. Even a Brazilian flag would work due to the small German-speaking communities in Southern Brazil.

German’s spoken in a lot of weird places.

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 09/02/2017 at 17:45

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Nice.

Chariotoflove > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/02/2017 at 17:46

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Oh ho ho...

Porsche was my first word > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 17:54

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Namibian

Damn it. That came to my mind first but somehow Namibia didn’t make it to the keyboard.

Just stumbled over

History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Urambo Tauro 09/02/2017 at 18:00

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I’ve seen that before, LOL! It’s legitimately used.

Captain of the Enterprise > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 18:05

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I don’t think it’s the case with this site or program but sometimes they have multiple versions of a language. For example English from Britain with the British flag and English from America with the U.S. Flag and English from Canada with the Canadian flag because they are all slightly different versions of English. In that specific case I think it makes sense.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 18:16

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Nationality and language aren’t the same thing though.

In that victory screech video, they used an American flag because that’s an American show. Doesn’t make sense to use an English flag. If it were spongebob voiced and produced in England, then they could use a UK flag.

Vítor > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 18:42

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No one told them to colonize us. Also, Brazilian Portuguese is quite different than the proper Portuguese, which matters when we are around 80% of all Portuguese speakers worldwide

For Sweden > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 19:04

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Wow why do you hate Mexico

Svend > Urambo Tauro 09/02/2017 at 19:15

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I like that one, British English is Traditional, but American English is ‘Simplified’. Lol.

Svend > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 19:17

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Guernsey? Well at least you didn’t say Sark or something. Lol.

not for canada - australian in disguise > For Sweden 09/02/2017 at 19:18

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I’m telling you, we gotta build a wall. It’s gonna be a big wall, believe me, biggest wall we’ve ever seen. It’s gonna be yuge. It’s gonna be magnificent I tell you folks, we just gotta keep these people out folks. Very smart friend of mine told me to build the wall and I listened, believe me.

Svend > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 19:23

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It infuriates me when you turn on a computer for the first time it says to select language, like ‘English U.S.’, ‘English U.K.’, etc... I select English U.K. Yet the favourites is still spelt Favorites.

dogisbadob > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 19:24

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They could also use a Singaporean flag to represent English :o)

One country, two languages! (Actually four)

Or even better if they had like a hundred languages to select and they all had the Indian flag!

boxrocket > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 19:45

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If you go by population numbers, American and Mexican flags are more appropriate than British/English and Spanish flags, even if they’re the “source”. Plus, apparently American “English” is truer to old English then current UK English.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 20:06

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USA pop: 300+ million

UK: 65 million

Mexico: 125 mil

Spain 45mil

Brazil 207 mil

Portugal:10 mil

There is a pattern.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > boxrocket 09/02/2017 at 20:10

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Truer in terms of pronouciation or spelling?

DipodomysDeserti > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/02/2017 at 20:24

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More of Mexico speaks Spanish than does Spain.

boxrocket > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 09/02/2017 at 21:08

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Pronunciation.

dogisbadob > Urambo Tauro 09/02/2017 at 22:31

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Dutch (Traditional) Dutch flag
Dutch (Simplified) South African flag

Portuguese (Traditional) Portuguese flag
Portuguese (Simplified) Brazilian flag

Spanish (Traditional) Spanish flag
Spanish (Simplified) Mexican flag

French (Traditional) French flag
French (Simplified) Louisiana flag
French (WTFified) Quebec flag

Korean (Traditional) South Korean flag
Korean (Simplified) North Korean flag

Italian (Traditional) Italian flag
Italian (simplified) New Jersey flag

duurtlang > dogisbadob 09/03/2017 at 01:21

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Afrikaans really is a different language than Dutch. Dutch is the origin, sure, but the two languages have evolved separately long enough to be able te speak of different languages. If a native Dutch speaker, especially one who does not speak English, hears someone speak Afrikaans or sees a written text in Afrikaans, he’ll miss 50+% of the meaning (maybe less for the written text). It’s like Spanish and French, two separate languages with the same origin.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/03/2017 at 04:15

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Why don’t you just learn “Chinese (Simplified)“ like the rest of us instead of scrolling? What kind of a savage are you?