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This blog is written in en-GB

The blog post explains that the site uses British English (en-GB) rather than American English, and encourages readers to respect regional language variations in web content and localization.

Background

- This blog post reflects on the author's decision to explicitly declare their blog's language as British English (en-GB) rather than letting automated systems assume American English (en-US). - Language tags like "en-GB" are standardised codes (based on RFC 4646 / BCP 47) that tell browsers, screen readers, and search engines which regional variant of English a page uses — affecting spell-check, pronunciation, date formats, and localisation. - The piece touches on the subtle but persistent tension between UK and US English online, where US spellings and conventions often dominate due to the scale of American tech platforms. - For readers who follow tech and internet culture: this is a small but pointed act of digital sovereignty — a reminder that language standards are not neutral and that even a trivial metadata choice can be a statement about cultural identity.

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  • The blog's author refuses a request to make their writing more globally accessible by avoiding British cultural references. They point out that their blog explicitly declares its language as en-GB (British English), and argue that localization is about acknowledging cultural differences, not erasing them.