British English in windows XP

[matt.ti...@gmail.com]

Hey,

I've been researching the language interface display recently for
windows XP, and discovered that there is no simple way to covert to
other languages without purchasing a the entire local version - quite a
surprise I must say. However despite this I think I would still I have
an issue - I'd like to see the interface in British english. Of
course... it's not a *huge* deal, especially to Americans ;) but I
don't appreciate having to read "favorites" spelt without the "u" the
whole time. It seems a little odd how the more remote the language, the
easier it is to actually get it precisely translated - for example you
can now get Lithuanian and Thai windows version, but no British
English!

Does anyone know what the word is on a British english version of XP? I
see no LIPs pack or MUI version. T'would be a great if we could get it
in a local version - I'm sure 58 million other people would agree! :)

[matt.ti...@gmail.com]

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

List of languages supported in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292246

Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
cannot change it from one language version to another. You'll need
to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
you desire, reformat your drive and install it "clean".

Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
and create a dual-boot configuration.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089

Welcome to WorldLanguage.com!
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[John Butler]

Carey,

Though I purchased my full version of Windows XP Pro legally in the UK fom
Amazon.co.uk it has always used American spelling, whereas my Office 2003
uses British English so I do not feel that you have given a complete
answer."Carey Frisch [MVP]"

John

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[Jim Macklin]

Windows and OFFICE are two independent products. Windows is
an Operating system and OFFICE is an application.

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[DL]

I think he knows that, the two were used as an example of the interface

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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[John Butler]

Yes that was my idea.
"DL" <d...@spoofmail.nothere> wrote in message
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[John Butler]

More voer when I look at the settings in the language bar I see that it is
set to English (United Kingdom) soI woder whether "Favorites" ever appears
in another form?

"DL" <d...@spoofmail.nothere> wrote in message
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[taywood]

Agreed.
Seem to remember reading a post here yesterday which related to
English Canadian and English Zimbabwe.
Dont have time to back track for you.

[Charlie]

John Butler wrote:
> Carey,
>
> Though I purchased my full version of Windows XP Pro legally in the UK fom
> Amazon.co.uk it has always used American spelling,

<SNIP>

I think that is known as cultural imperialism!
(It continually foxes me and I am forever forgetting that English is
neither spoken or written in the USA :)

Charlie.

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[Colin Barnhorst]

Cie la vie.

"Charlie" <nos...@peartreegreen.org> wrote in message
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[gorddibben]

company life??

Gord

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 15:23:08 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinb...@msn.com>
wrote:

[Phil McCracken]

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> List of languages supported in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292246
>
> Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
> cannot change it from one language version to another. You'll need
> to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
> you desire, reformat your drive and install it "clean".
>
> Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
> another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
> and create a dual-boot configuration.
>
> Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089
>
> Welcome to WorldLanguage.com!
> http://www.worldlanguage.com/
>

Once again, Carey responds without reading the question, or does read it
and doesn't understand it.

[Colin Barnhorst]

Phil, you need to read your own links. The first one confirms what Carey
says. Further it points out that this behavior is by design. It lists as
the resolution a dual boot configuration. The list of languages is a
reference for the user to determine whether or not Windows exists in their
language.

"Phil McCracken" <Ph...@McCracken.com> wrote in message
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[David Senior [MVP - Most Vulgar Person]]

John,

Most of the time she never does!!  She doesn't read questions properly.  She expects people to ask questions which she can answer without using her bleached brain!!!  This is what happens when someone is artificially blonde!

John Butler wrote:

Carey,

Though I purchased my full version of Windows XP Pro legally in the UK fom 
Amazon.co.uk

 it has always used American spelling, whereas my Office 2003 
uses British English so I do not feel that you have given a complete 
answer."Carey Sunsch [MVP]"

John

<cnSu...@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message 
news:uMWecChr...@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
  

List of languages supported in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292246

Windows XP is written in specific language versions, therefore one
cannot change it from one language version to another.  You'll need
to purchase a "Full Version" of Windows XP in the language version
you desire, reformat your drive and install it "clean".

Or if you have an available empty drive or partition, you can install
another "Full Version" of Windows XP in a different language version
and create a dual-boot configuration.

Cannot Upgrade or Install a Different Language Version of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282089

Welcome to WorldLanguage.com!
http://www.worldlanguage.com/

-- 
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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Matt.titchener" wrote:

| Hey,
|
| I've been researching the language interface display recently for
| windows XP, and discovered that there is no simple way to covert to
| other languages without purchasing a the entire local version - quite a
| surprise I must say. However despite this I think I would still I have
| an issue - I'd like to see the interface in British english. Of
| course... it's not a *huge* deal, especially to Americans ;) but I
| don't appreciate having to read "favorites" spelt without the "u" the
| whole time. It seems a little odd how the more remote the language, the
| easier it is to actually get it precisely translated - for example you
| can now get Lithuanian and Thai windows version, but no British
| English!
|
| Does anyone know what the word is on a British english version of XP? I
| see no LIPs pack or MUI version. T'would be a great if we could get it
| in a local version - I'm sure 58 million other people would agree! :)

    

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I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!!  I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

[Tom]

Nope, Phil hit it right on the head. Carey has a serious problem of read and react posting, usually making replies by simply looking at the subject line, instead of actually reading the post. The article doesn't address the OP's query.

Carey does this out of making quanity of posts rather than quality.

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinb...@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23YApCLl...@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

[Gene K]

Control Panel/double click "Regional and Language Options" and you will see
a choce of 13 or 14 versions of english usage although that will not not, I
do not believe, solve your problem with the US spelling usage through out
the OS; however, if you have a UK specific version of Office installed I
would think you would have a UK dictionary installed in Word which would
function as a spelling checker for both Word and Outlook Express which is
some consolation.
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[Jerry]

It is actually C'est la vie.

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinb...@msn.com> wrote in message

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[Peter]

If you go in to Start/Control Panel/Date, time and Regional etc... you can
find at least a dozen variations on English....I use Canadian English as I
live in Canada, but it is identical to that spoken over 'ome....

--
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Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
"Jerry" <NoSpamC...@MSN.com> wrote in message
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["old" devildog]

Our spelling on all of the English, words will never match yours, because we after all really don't speak or read English, we speak and read American. We formed our own spellings and ways of speaking after all of the years of being separated from the British rule.

 

From an American to you, I am sorry we are not allowing you to see "English" your way. Maybe you will forgive us our transgression, after all some of us are trying to learn British "English". We watch reruns of Benny Hill, and I for one, love the BBC comedies shown on our local PBS station in the evenings. Sorry 'Mate.

 

 Just remember if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off !
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Simper Fi
************

 

 

 

"Gene K" <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:eWWQsumr...@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

["old" devildog]

And one other thing, My wife is from London. She was born there and came to the USA about 15 years ago. She has been a wonderful wife the last 3 years and she is the one who got me hooked on Benny Hill and all the wonderful BBC shows on our local PBS station. Yes she is just a wee bit younger than me, but at the ripe old age of 60 I now have a new son of 18 months, and a wife who speaks English her way and not the American way

 

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

 

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Simper Fi
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""old" devildog" <teyoungATcableNOSPAMone.net> wrote in message news:OE$gLlorE...@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

[Jim Macklin]

English dictionaries are available for download or add words
to your built-in dictionary. Computer spell checkers and
grammar/style checkers are very dumb. When I am typing and
intend to type "then" but get "them" or maybe just "the" I
wish the spell checker could fix that and other similar word
misspelled in context.
But the difference in words and their meanings is cultural
and has been described as "two nations. separated by a
common language."
Words such as boot can mean fired or terminated, a foot
covering that is heavy duty, the trunk of a car, the act of
starting a computer. On the subject of cars, consider hood
v bonnet. Or the word freedom, to Americans it means being
a citizen that can do almost anything without fear of the
government, to the British, freedom means being a subject to
the King or Queen allowed to have rights at the discretion
of the Crown.
Of course, here in America, we have government run schools
that no longer teach language or grammar or use a
historically based dictionary because social policy is
easier to change when the words have no established meaning.
And then the M-TV generation and the street gangs are
creating a whole language that has no meaning to anyone
else. These regional dialects my be understood in only a
small area of a city.
Perhaps we need one universal language for the whole world
but that will be resisted as each person steps forward to
defend their language, much as religions defend their
ancient dogma.

Disclaimer...no offense was intended at any nation, group,
language or religion, if you feel insulted that is your
problem.

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.

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[John Butler]

Hey Matt,

What an interesting thread you started here! I do believe you are right and
having now researched the background I have not been able to find a version
of XP pro which shows "Favorites" as "Favourites" though in most of the UK
version of the OS British English spelling is adopted.
Perhaps the answer is that favor and favour are both accepted in current
Ameraican and British dictionaries and here in the UK a spelling reform
group proposes that the u after o should be dropped in written English. I
can't see it happening, though, since it has ben proposed for years that the
four different ways of pronouncing "ough" should be rationalised and nothing
has been done.
John

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message

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[Peter]

Let's not forget Corrie (Coronation) Street.  I'm not too sure you guys in the U.S. can view that, but we get it here on CBC.  All my Canuck friends are glued to their TVs whenever it's on.

Being an ex-Geordie I'm naturally a fan, and have been from day 1.

;-)

--
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Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.

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[Jim Macklin]

Use plain text format.

Fawlty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Dr. Who, Monty
Python, [years ago] the Australian Paul Hogan Show {the
fastest 30 minutes ever on TV} From Canada Red/Green.
Anything by James Burke and then for Geeks, The Secret Life
of machines.

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"Peter" <0spam0 AT Rogers DOT com> wrote in message
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[Parry@discussions.microsoft.com Will Parry]

Perhaps Carey doesn't understand British English.

[uygkjk]

hi how u doin

barry

"Charlie" <nos...@peartreegreen.org> wrote in message
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[Gene K]

I see Matt's problem; however, tis no huge problem in understanding what you
are viewing [reading] which is probably why no one seeks to devote time
[money] to correcting it.
Gene K

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[Jim Macklin]

Esperanto

It will solve the language problems of the world, so it was
claimed. Didn't work.

"matt" <m_titchenerATyahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Well I'd be happy to spend the time developing a LIP for
Windows XP, just if
| Microsoft hired me ;)
| I've been away (hence my lack of replies and following of
this thread), and
| seemed to have missed all the fun. Shame however that
there really is no
| solution. And to all those who pretty much said I should
just put up with
| it - just because I can understand it spelt that way,
doesn't mean that I
| *should* read it that way - I meen u kan uhndrstaand this
but it dozunt louk
| prity.
|
| sigh... guess I should start reading lithuanian then...
|
| matt
|
|

[Peter]

Didn't this thread (I've long since discarded most of it) start with British
English spelling in XP? Canadian English spelling is the same and is
available in settings. Maybe I should have read all the posts.

--
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Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.

"David Candy" <da...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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I had to spend an hour a week on esperanto at school. Lucky cooler head
prevailed.

The European Union commissioners have announced that an
agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language
for European communications, rather than German, which was the other
possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that
English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a
5-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for
short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly,
sivil
servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be
replased
with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have
one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the
troublesome "ph" will be replaced by f". This will make words like
"fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted
to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have
always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the
horible

mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by
"z" and "w" by "v".

During yer 5, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou",
and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
forst plas.

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"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message

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[David Candy]

Canadians may spell properly but they sure can't talk properly. But all english XPs are the same. Look on your favourites menu - it's spelt wrong. While spell checking, regional display of time etc can be localised, the language of english windows itself can't be changed (or it can be if someone wrote the files) as MS won't bother.

In programming it's the same, one HAS to use US spelling (Color instead of colour). Though the frogs get localised versions.

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"Peter" <noSpam@dotnet> wrote in message news:%23lxbZMf...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

[Peter]

Long story David, but briefly I did think of going to Australia in my late
teens...then University got in the way. I ended up working for Air Canada
and was transferred to Toronto in '72. It's not bad here, we get scorching
summers usually and the winters aren't as bad as my home town, Sunderland,
England.
Liked the links.
I have friends in Ettalong Beach...hope to visit before I drop dead of
whatever.

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Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
"David Candy" <da...@mvps.org> wrote in message

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Why would someone move from miserable england to even more miserable canada.
You could have moved here. No water in our dams, 100°F days, fires burning,
flies, and the cicardias are ready to have a plague. And it's only spring.
But it's never cold.

Helicopters come to Australia after wintering in America.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/14/1097607373253.html

http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/2004/10/13/1097607293519.html
(Our family owned Bondi till 1853 - it was a farm that we leased to others
for agistment. We were on the second fleet).

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"Peter" <noSpam@dotnet> wrote in message

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> OK David, I speak Canglais OK? I was born in Britain. The programmes
> themselves will always have US English but at least one can stop the damn
> spellchecker from correcting every non American spelling.
> Loved that story of what is happening to the "Euro" English!

>
> --
> Peter.
> Toronto, Canada.
> Windows XP Home SP2.
> P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
> "David Candy" <da...@mvps.org> wrote in message

> news:%23uQRwXf...@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

[David Candy]

That came to me as spam.

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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.B...@hydro.com> wrote in message news:OMUCwUhs...@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> David Candy wrote:
>
>> I had to spend an hour a week on esperanto at school. Lucky cooler head prevailed.
>>
>> The European Union commissioners have announced that an
>> agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language
>> for European communications, rather than German, which was the other
>> possibility.
>>
>> As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that
>> English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a
>> 5-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for
>> short).
>>
>> In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly,
>> sivil
>> servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be
>> replased
>> with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have
>> one less letter.
>>
>> There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the
>> troublesome "ph" will be replaced by f". This will make words like
>> "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
>

> This is the level where the Norwegian language is now.
>
> We use k instead of c (the letter c is very rarely used in the
> Norwegian language), and we use f instead of ph, "photo"
> is "foto" in Norwegian.
>
>
> Nice story, David :-)

>
>
>>
>> In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted
>> to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
>> Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have
>> always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the
>> horible
>>
>> mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
>>
>> By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by
>> "z" and "w" by "v".
>>
>> During yer 5, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou",
>> and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
>> Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
>> forst plas.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --

> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

[Doug]

Great letter David...regarding duh henglish: I quit pissing around with
Canadian english and set my computer for American english, time and date
format and the whole ball of wax. It saves a whole pile of headaches
with programs like Works, Word, etc., etc. I KNOW that I am Canadian BUT
for Microsoft's sake, I will pretend to be American.

Actually, it is not that great a problem. My folks both came from the
States many moons ago, so I am bilingual. Throw in a bit of British
english, and I could be trilingual.

Have a hassle-free day.

Doug
================

"David Candy" <da...@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eDzqX$esEHA...@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I had to spend an hour a week on esperanto at school. Lucky cooler head
prevailed.

The European Union commissioners have announced that an
agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language
for European communications, rather than German, which was the other
possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that
English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a
5-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for
short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly,
sivil
servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be
replased
with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan
have
one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the
troublesome "ph" will be replaced by f". This will make words like
"fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted

to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have
always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the
horible

mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th"
by
"z" and "w" by "v".

During yer 5, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou",
and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
forst plas.

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"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message

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[David Candy]

I always ran Dos as a Yank. Using computers from a ethnocentric country makes one an expert in their language.

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