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English (British/Austalian/American) as a language option

Currently there is one 'English' as a language option, this is in reality American or American English. Some of the differences are not at al subtle. Virtually all other services have the two separated, as American is a fairly isolated language whereas English (or British English) covers the UK, Australia, New Zealand, large numbers in India and a majority in Europe (though American is also popular in Europe now).

It seems like minimal effort would be required to create a proper English as an additional language but would remove so much confusion with English speakers that don't understand many of the American terms.

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  • as commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please could we at least rename "Trash" 99% of the world does not speak American.

  • Peter commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes. Please expand English to include actual English!!

  • Lisa commented  ·   ·  Report

    Unfortunately it doesn't look like this has been commented on for a while. Please still work on it, I'm going mad with all the 'corrections' with a bloody 'z' in them - it's correctly written as 's' ffs! Long live COLOUR and NEIGHBOUR - remember the language came from the UK first and please just stop allowing the creeping AmericaniSation across all culture.

  • Natasha commented  ·   ·  Report

    What is going on with all this American English nonsense.
    It's apologised (it's trying to correct me now!!) not apologized.
    Seriously Proton, get your priorities straight. It's ENGLISH not American English. Grrrr

  • pancyrus commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please use real English. I don't understand: you're a Swiss company serving the whole world. You should be using Oxford English like all other international organizations (the UN, ISO, IEC, BIPM, etc.). At least, you should be using British English like 76% of the English-speaking world. Why in the world would you use the ridiculous, esoteric, and illogical US English? I'll fix all the text strings for free for you.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't like spellings in US English.

  • Peter Thompson commented  ·   ·  Report

    Americans do not speak English & you are based in Europe not USA so why American?

  • lil commented  ·   ·  Report

    Could you please tell me where I can find spelling and grammar check on protonmail? I've looked left and right but couldn't find it.

    Many thanks.

  • Donnie commented  ·   ·  Report

    The Engish language used is American and their spelling of Engish is Wrong,can we have UK Engilsh?

  • K commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would assume English would be the language used by England, otherwise known as English (UK) or English (British). Usually there's an option to choose English (US) if you want but it's the default here which doesn't make sense. Can we specify which type of English and add options for at least English (UK), if not English (Australia). American drives me nuts

  • James Farr commented  ·   ·  Report

    English as opposed to American is a superior option.

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