Comment 16 for bug 864618

On 2011-10-05 08:39, Martin Pitt wrote:
> "en_GB" *is* a correct value, but not for $LANG, but for $LANGUAGE;
> What you select in control-center is a language, _not_ a locale.

Precisely.

I like http://pad.ubuntu.com/locale-handling, and will add some stuff to
it later on. Language Support Help (ghelp:language-selector) includes a
similar but less technical description of the concept.