This blog is written in en-GB 16 ▲ Terence Eden 54 days ago · Tech · hide · 2 comments Someone left a comment on my blog recently asking if I'd mind making my language more inclusive. They didn't get some of the cultural references I'd used and suggested it would be easier if I used tropes which were more globally known. Here's the thing. No. All my blog posts start with a simple declaration: <!doctype html> <html lang=en-GB> There's a reason for that. It is more than the language I speak; it is the culture I live in, the way that I think, and the accent I use. When your AI bot reads this text aloud, it should do so with a British accent0. That's how I speak. It is OK to hear a slightly unfamiliar accent. You'll be able to figure out what I'm saying. Your world won't collapse if I don't start each sentence with "Howdy, y'all!" But what should you do if you come across a concept you don't understand? When The Wicked Witch of the TERFs released the first Harry Potter book "Philosopher's Stone", it was published in the USA with a different title; "Sorcerer's Stone". There… Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here. Leandro @leandro@gts.p3l.ch 53 days ago [-] Nice, I also don't know why everything has to be in English to give engagement, I only write in Portuguese, not that I have an audience, nor do I want to have it, I just want to write in the language I have learned since I was born.. JJ :xubuntu: @jlj@fosstodon.org 53 days ago [-] As a Canadian who married a Brit, this landed beautifully. *chef's kiss*The first time she bellowed, "Accrington Stanley!" I honestly thought she was having a stroke. 🤣
