But I don't HAVE Double Deluxe! WTF?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: parrot on 2009 March 10, 01:09:37
What I don't understand is the need for separate files for UK and US English, when there are only a few minor word differences.
I don't either. It's a HUGE waste of space, and what's more, there aren't actually "minor word differences", there are "bugs relating to unnecessary duplication of stringsets". That's right, for all the bother they took to actually HAVE seperate EN_UK strings, they did not actually bother to actually USE British spelling.
Quote from: parrot on 2009 March 10, 01:09:37
The sentence structure is the same, they both use the Roman Alphabet, and 99.9% of the words are identical. So why is it so hard to reconcile the differences? If people are capable of solving secret codes like the Zimmerman Note, then any old person could tell from context what a simple word like vacation means or what crisps are. It certainly does not take a genius to notice what these differences are. And if not, there are tons of online foreign dictionaries.
None of these differences are actually PRESENT. When doing the UKian strings, they just copied, often from an earlier build, the USian strings, so the UKian strings are generally exactly the same, barring bugs that result in glitches like run-on spell descriptions and "Throw Party" that appears twice.
Quote from: parrot on 2009 March 10, 01:09:37
Actually, I am not sure why the language had formed such random and useless differences in the first place.
It's the same way evolution in general works: Groups isolated from each other develop their own peculiar local expressions, and they eventually spin off into seperate dialects.
Simsample:
For the UI overrides in the locale folder of the European version, there aren't actually any US English files. There are just the European files- Czech, Danish, Dutch etc., so the locale files at least are different from the version shipped to North America.
ritaxis:
Actually, I am not sure why the language had formed such random and useless differences in the first place
The wonder is that we can understand each other at all, any of us, by this point. If you listen to the extreme variety of British isles dialects, and then think about how North America has derived its English from pockets from here and there -- it really seems as if there's been enough years in the mean time to set us up with some really impenetrable dialects happening. Mass communication notwithstanding.
A fair number of the differences between NA and UK standard usage are things that NAians say that are archaic and obsolete in the UK. It's more remarkable when you look at Southern US speech, and less remarkable when you look at Canadians. And then there's immigrant influence on pronunciation. And then flip-of-the-coin decisions on spelling.
J. M. Pescado:
Spelling was also a lot less standardized back in Ye Olde Days, and during the "We Don't Like You Guys Anymore" period, a lot of things were done differently JUST BECAUSE. Like the entire road-side-driving thing.
Emma:
Quote from: parrot on 2009 March 09, 22:48:36
I have M&G, and don't have it. Maybe it is an empty template problem, as I don't use those.
I have all EP's, GL, K&B, and M&G
Edit: Or a change to the core game files, because I haven't created a new neighborhood since.
You don't have Celebrations though. I thought DD was Base, NL and Celebrations all in one handy bork-size pack. That's probably why you don't get the screen.
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