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-<?php
-
-// english language file
-
-$lang = new language('WordPress'
-                    ,'http://wordpress.org/'
-                    ,'ISO-8859-I'
-                    ,'English'
-                    );
-
-$lang->strings = array(
-
-"wordpress" => "WordPress"
-
-// Blog template strings
-
-,"archives" => "Archives:"
-,"by" => "by"
-,"categories" => "Categories:"
-,"close_window" => "Close this window."
-,"comment_body" => "Your Comment"
-,"comment_count_0" => "Comments (0)"
-,"comment_count_1" => "Comments (1)"
-,"comment_count_n" => "Comments (%)"
-,"comment_email" => "E-mail"
-,"comment_name" => "Name"
-,"comment_uri" => '<acronym title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</acronym>'
-,"comments" => "Comments"
-,"comments_closed" => "Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time."
-,"comments_instruction" => 'Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, <acronym title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</acronym> allowed:'
-,"comments_on" => "Comments on __0" // post title
-,"comments_password" => "Enter your password to view comments."
-,"comments_rss_2" => 'Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> 2.0'
-,"comments_rss_2_title" => "The latest comments to all posts in RSS"
-,"comments_rss_post" => '<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post.'
-,"edit_this" => "Edit This"
-,"filed_under" => "Filed under:"
-,"leave_a_comment" => "Leave a comment"
-,"login" => "Login"
-,"meta" => "Meta:"
-,"no_comments" => "No comments yet."
-,"no_posts_matched" => "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria."
-,"other" => "Other:"
-,"pages" => "Pages:"
-,"powered_by_title" => "Powered by WordPress; state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform."
-,"powered_by_wordpress" => '<cite>Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org" title="__0"><strong>Wordpress</strong></a></cite>' // powered_by_title
-,"register" => "Register"
-,"rss_2" => '<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> 2.0'
-,"rss_2_title" => "Syndicate this site using RSS"
-,"say_it" => "Say It!"
-,"search" => "Search:"
-,"search_button" => "search"
-,"trackback_uri" => 'The <acronym title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</acronym> to TrackBack this entry is:'
-,"valid_xhtml" => 'Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'
-,"valid_xhtml_title" => "This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional"
-
-// Admin strings
-
-);
-
-// the weekdays and the months.. translate them if necessary
-$weekday[0]='Sunday';
-$weekday[1]='Monday';
-$weekday[2]='Tuesday';
-$weekday[3]='Wednesday';
-$weekday[4]='Thursday';
-$weekday[5]='Friday';
-$weekday[6]='Saturday';
-
-// the months, translate them if necessary - note: this isn't active everywhere yet
-$month['01']='January';
-$month['02']='February';
-$month['03']='March';
-$month['04']='April';
-$month['05']='May';
-$month['06']='June';
-$month['07']='July';
-$month['08']='August';
-$month['09']='September';
-$month['10']='October';
-$month['11']='November';
-$month['12']='December';
-
-?>
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