# Topic languages

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024>\
**Category:** Site discussion\
**Tags:** internationalization, en, discourse\
**Created:** [December 2, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024 "2023-12-02T22:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/jesus2099/32/36_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/1 "2023-12-02T22:29:42Z")

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It is quite new that we can set topic languages, here.  
But it’s a pity that we have to select English (US).  
Could we have just English?  
If not, could we have English (GB)?

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**Author:** ![Deleted\_Editor\_2071313](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/deleted_editor_2071313/32/51732_2.png) [@Deleted\_Editor\_2071313](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_2071313)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/2 "2023-12-03T13:18:58Z")

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@jesus2099 yeah. 😉

[https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-subway-underground-and-metro](https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-subway-underground-and-metro)

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**Author:** ![yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/yvanzo/32/2864_2.png) [@yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yvanzo)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/3 "2023-12-04T10:15:35Z")

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Hi,

In context, enabling language tags from [Multilingual Plugin 🌐 - plugin - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740) is part of the _multilingual experiments_ for two weeks; See [Notes from #MetaBrainz Meeting 2023-11-27](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from-metabrainz-meeting-2023-11-27/667098)

The plugin uses Discourse’s mapping of locale codes `en` to “English (US)” (which should normally be “English”) and `en_GB` to “English (GB)”. I agree that the regional variant doesn’t make sense here since most users are from other countries anyway, but I didn’t find how to remove it so far.

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**Author:** ![jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/jesus2099/32/36_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/4 "2023-12-04T18:43:38Z")

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There is another error in the language list:  
Vietnamese (vi) should be Tiếng Việt, not Việt Nam.  
Việt Nam is the country, not the language.

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**Author:** ![yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/yvanzo/32/2864_2.png) [@yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yvanzo)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/5 "2023-12-20T14:08:33Z")

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Good catch. This is a bug in Discourse. I just opened [FIX: Vietnamese language native name by yvanzo · Pull Request #24987 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/24987) to fix it.

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**Author:** ![jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/jesus2099/32/36_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/topic-languages/668024/6 "2024-01-19T10:50:06Z")

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> **[Multilingual Plugin 🌐](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multilingual-plugin/142740/124?u=jesus2099)**
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> How could we have en = English, instead of English (US)?