There aren't any ESLs here who use English as their device's language are there?

>>212750645 (OP)
yeah, what of it?

>>212750676
why don't you switch it to German?

Yeah, all my eletronics are set to english, I find it easier to use than croatian

>>212750943
Make me.

>>212750973
This

>>212750645 (OP)
My laptop is in english. It's easier to google settings and what not this way.

>>212750645 (OP)
My pc it's in english because having only half the programs in portuguese is meaningless and less aesthetically pleasing

>>212750645 (OP)
I used to, but not anymore

>>212750989
I wouldn't care to make you even if I could, but I am also curious to know why.

>>212750645 (OP)
It sucks because I want to US American English as my OS language (because British spelling is dumb) but I also want to use the British date format and metric system (because the US date format and imperial system is retarded) and its a hassle getting this setup on most devices in a way that is satisfactory to my autism

>>212751091
If you're truly autistic use linux is really easy to do that on KDE

>>212751091
Those aren't separate settings? Wtf?

>>212751091
>British spelling is dumb
Cringe and bluepilled

>>212751415
American spelling is more efficient and usually makes more phonetic sense. For you to defend your autistic spelling just because it's the way you've always done things kind of feels like when burgers defend imperial measurements because it's how they've always done things. It wouldn't make you look bad to anybody else to admit that the fats improved English spelling.

>>212750645 (OP)
I use English and would use basically any other language on my electronic devices except Arabic.

I use english on all my devices but I'm switching to chinese soon

>>212750645 (OP)
I play most of my games in english
Even when professionally translated some times translators fuck up and I would rather stick to the original
I remember in SimCity3000 when you used the query tool and clicked in a patch of dirt, in spanish it would be translated as "dirtyness" rather than dirt. It made me wonder why unbuilt land was supposed to be "dirty" until I noticed it was a translation mistake years later and it should have been translated to something more like "soil" or something in spanish.

>>212751091
There's quite a few English locales. I bet some of them use American spelling and non-retarded date system. Try en_PH or something along those lines.

>>212752935
>SimCity3000
fuck yeah i just started playing this game. zoomer btw

>>212751551
The imperial system is better, and I know the metric system perfectly well.
Grams for baking and Celsius for aviation meteorology are fine, though.

>>212751551
>the fats improved English spelling.
They simplified spelling and grammar, yes. To conflate that with an 'improvement' is something only an ESL would do.

>>212755374
even if it were, which it isn't, I'm used to the metric system, I have an intuitive understanding of meters, kilograms and celsius whereas feet, pounds and fahrenheit are just white noise to me

>>212755436
I agree with you that having needlessly complicated and archaic systems is a quintessentially Anglo thing, so hating on it is something an ESL would do. But objectively getting rid of that complexity is an improvement as it doesn't serve any role besides maybe being a window into the language's past if you're really into linguistics.

>Outdated spellings that reflect how a word was said in the 14th century or that directly borrow from various foreign languages with completely different writing systems?
Hell yeah let's make a language out of those.
>Metric?
Nah fuck that logical and consistent shit, we use feet and armpits here because that's how we've always done it.
>12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound?
That's right, multiples of 10 are gay and French.
>Luv me king, luv me nobility and hereditary titles forming part of the government to this day, now let me tell you what class I'm from and use the appropriate register for it.

So yes, simplifying spelling is quite anti-English, the Anglo spirit is all about conserving these systems for the sake of tradition and continuity, change is too radical.

>>212750943
because German localizations are usually absolute dog shit. the technical terms in particular.
reading english is just easier for me.
and speaking german. because no native english speakers around, speaking english myself is a bother.

>>212750973
I actually try to use croatian translations wherever possible out of autism. Someone put a lot of effort into translating that shit into my mother tongue, so it feels like a waste not to use it. For some reason other Croats will mock me for that, even utter morons who can't even speak english.

Linguistic nationalism like this is a concern of German romantics. It's as modern and as international as just using English for everything.

>>212755864
Linguistic deterioration also precipatated the Greek and Latin falls from grace. You must think in the terms of the language you speak. Though in this case perhaps it's better represented by zoomer slang and ebonics, the American tendency to make language simpler precipitates them.

>>212756318
>precipitates them
is that why there's so many thunderstorms

>>212755374
Shut up fat.

>>212750645 (OP)
No, mine is set to Russian. I AM Russian

>>212756527
Russians are cringe. Soviets were based.

>>212756617
Whatever, sexpat

>>212755457
Good, this the the best reason to use any system
That "muh 10 divisor" noise is pure autism

>>212756705
I don't feel at all insulted by your accusation that I have sex.

>>212750645 (OP)
I've been doing it from before I even understood anything.

>>212750645 (OP)
I do this, it's more convenient that way

>>212750943
That just makes it harder if you have a problem to find search hits. And the translations seem pretty unwieldy. Just like you wouldn't translate most names of French dishes in their cuisine. The IT world is English.

switching your device's language settings is a great way to learn any language, however it's much harder to get help online when you have a translated error message. suddenly you find yourself trying to translate back in order get more results, and that's much harder than it may seem

>In 100 years foreign languages will be relegated to news and daily conversation
>Work, technology, music, art, books, entertainment, science, and more will all be consumed and done in English
Embarrassing...

>>212760604
This is how it was with Latin and the other languages until about the time of the Renaissance, it's not really a big deal

>>212761371
Most people in that era were illiterate so it didn't affect them

>>212761523
I don't see what difference that should make
I mean the real concern is the popularity of English resulting in the gradual deconstruction of its grammatical and stylistic standards