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Fuzzy Text watch face for Pebble with multiple language support
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English - Can you change the text 'after' to 'past' in the English version please #4

Closed tominportsmouthuk closed 10 years ago

tominportsmouthuk commented 10 years ago

So that it reads

'10 past 3', and not '10 after 3'

thankyou

hallettj commented 10 years ago

I think that there are different opinions on which sounds better. I'm open to making the change - but I would prefer to implement it as an alternative translation.

hallettj commented 10 years ago

Actually, it would help me to have some data on who prefers 'after' vs. 'past'. So may I ask which variant of English you prefer? E.g., American, Canadian, British, etc.

Speaking personally, I am an American English speaker from the west coast. I think that 'after' sounds slightly more natural. But I have had other requests to make this change; so I recognize that others have the opposite view.

tominportsmouthuk commented 10 years ago

Hi there,

I am British and we normally say 'past' and not 'after', so perhaps there is a need for either more languages, based on location, or more customisation to select a regional preference.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Tom

On 10 Feb 2014, at 03:20, Jesse Hallett notifications@github.com wrote:

Actually, it would help me to have some data on who prefers 'after' vs. 'past'. So may I ask which variant of English you prefer? E.g., American, Canadian, British, etc.

Speaking personally, I am an American English speaker from the west coast. I think that 'after' sounds slightly more natural. But I have had other requests to make this change; so I recognize that others have the opposite view.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/hallettj/Fuzzy-Text-International/issues/4#issuecomment-34598160 .

hallettj commented 10 years ago

Sounds good. If you don't mind me asking another question: I have read that sometimes British English uses "half three" instead of "half past three". Which do you prefer?

tominportsmouthuk commented 10 years ago

Either will be fine :)

On 10 Feb 2014, at 08:06, Jesse Hallett notifications@github.com wrote:

Sounds good. If you don't mind me asking another question: I have read that sometimes British English uses "half three" instead of "half past three". Which do you prefer?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/hallettj/Fuzzy-Text-International/issues/4#issuecomment-34607682 .

HBTeicher commented 10 years ago

I would also like to request a European "half past three", "ten past three" alternative, please!

hallettj commented 10 years ago

This is implemented in v1.2.1 (now in the Pebble store). Just select the English (Great Britain) translation. The only change in that translation is replacing all occurrences of "after" with "past".