This mod is hilarious, not that I'd ever download it as I feel it would take away the "american flair" from the game since I am already playing the English localization of the game.
More hilarious than the mod, however, are the large quantity of people who did not understand the humour and irony of the Mod Author, which ironically as it is could be considered typical British humour. Why people have to go at each other's throats for a mod as simple as this baffles me.
The author seemed to have felt the need to have the British English spelling in the game and apparently got annoyed with the American spelling, or perhaps he intentionally wants to trigger Americans (or those somehow being negative to the mod itself. In the end I feel it's a bit weird, people who dislike it can move along with no need to try it if they so wish, as with any mod.
Speaking as an American, a lot of Americans can't take jokes because they're so used to being genuinely besieged that it's difficult to distinguish playful jests from real hate. It's pretty hilarious how we always resort to the frickin' revolution for a comeback, something that happened over 2 centuries ago. To be fair, that comeback in itself has become a bit of a joke, to the point that most people using it are at least half-joking themselves. It's fun to embody your country's stereotypes, as the mod author did in the first place.
Agreed. I think Americans have a hard time recognizing a bit of dry and witty humor. I saw this mod and its mod comment (translated to English) and immediately LOL'd. As an American, I'm not really sure where all the butt-hurt comes from. It's more of that nonsense of being proud as an American... I guess. But you can be proud to be American and still appreciate other cultures and their senses of humor. Sigh... this is definitely when I'm NOT proud to be American. /smh
As a fellow American and some whose relatives are folks who have served during the various wars we have fought, I say we spill this guy's tee and teach him about dental hygiene! Lol.
I hold these truths to be self-evident that all Americans are created... equal. And are endowed with certain unalienable rights. Democracy is the essence of good. Communism, the very definition of evil.\ FREEDOM... IS THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN.
As it stands, this is rather pointless. However once somebody makes a UI mod that adds search functionality to your inventory (like SkyUI for Skyrim) this will help British people and those foreigners who learned English with British spelling in school (ie all of them).
Oh dear, can you imagine what a bloody mess the local English language teachers have made here in the EU, part of them teaching English English, part feeling like the US English sounds way "beddah" and more people speak it anyway so it must the proper one, and part of them teaching their own version containing elements of both and then some more additions, such as the Australian and Canadian bits, or the dreaded bastardized Eurospeak (don't even get me started on that) all mixed together. *sighs wearily*
"or the dreaded bastardized Eurospeak" Pointless to start branding people on the forums. And yeah we are all mixed together cause our family's don't stop us from having mixed relationships. Get a life dude.
[Sarcasm]: As a purebred patriotic American who hates communism, fascists, gender equality, the rights of non-whites, and British people (only because I have to), I approve of this mod.
lel srsly tho 10/10, as an American, you're doing god's work, yo. Downloading just so I can (attempt to remember to) endorse this later.
I really love this translation. Even as an American, I prefer the classical spellings. I've added the British flag to the game as well. Now my only problem is that I'd sure love to use the "Full Dialog Interface" mod, but it replaces the strings file and I'd be back to the original spellings.
So, by looking at the comments, this is approaching the ALTERNATE alternate history, where the British colonies never escaped their offensive tax system that treated them as second-class citizens and had the potential of ruining an honest and not-guilty person's livelihood by exporting them across the Atlantic for a trial in an English court... and then continued to do everything else in history exactly the same way until the cold war started.
Are the destroyed cars going to have to be moved to the other side of the roads too? Reversing the model so the driver side is on the right shouldn't be too hard, though it may interfere with the Vertibirds in the game.
Honestly, I'd like to see the full overhaul mod that does that, but as far as the "localization" issue, the "brits" have had a lot more time to "bugger" up the language than us "yanks". All evidence I am aware of point to England's English being a great deal more understandable in the past. Some might even say we once spoke the same language.
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More hilarious than the mod, however, are the large quantity of people who did not understand the humour and irony of the Mod Author, which ironically as it is could be considered typical British humour. Why people have to go at each other's throats for a mod as simple as this baffles me.
The author seemed to have felt the need to have the British English spelling in the game and apparently got annoyed with the American spelling, or perhaps he intentionally wants to trigger Americans (or those somehow being negative to the mod itself. In the end I feel it's a bit weird, people who dislike it can move along with no need to try it if they so wish, as with any mod.
...Now, if only this could be combined with the 'full dialogue options' mods... (Or if I could spare the time to make it myself ^^; )
sorry couldn't resist.
Democracy is the essence of good. Communism, the very definition of evil.\
FREEDOM... IS THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF EVERY AMERICAN.
lel srsly tho 10/10, as an American, you're doing god's work, yo. Downloading just so I can (attempt to remember to) endorse this later.
Anyway, thanks Matt. Here - have an endorsement!
Are the destroyed cars going to have to be moved to the other side of the roads too? Reversing the model so the driver side is on the right shouldn't be too hard, though it may interfere with the Vertibirds in the game.
Honestly, I'd like to see the full overhaul mod that does that, but as far as the "localization" issue, the "brits" have had a lot more time to "bugger" up the language than us "yanks". All evidence I am aware of point to England's English being a great deal more understandable in the past. Some might even say we once spoke the same language.