US/GB combination flag for generic English applications

[lavandongen]

For instances where you want to highlight English, but not necessarily differentiate between US English or British English I suggest adding a combination flag that has both like so https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_and_United_Kingdom.png

[boxrec]

Hmmm, is there a case for British / American English that excludes for example Australian English or any of the other variants ? There are 58 countries which have English as an official language, would this cause a lot of confusion and possibly resentment.

[lavandongen]

I think it’s more so to signal a generic English version. Seeing how American and British English are the most prevalent written versions of the English language.

It’s not so much about signalling a country. But signalling a language, without differentiating between countries.

However I can see what you mean. A dual flag was the first thing that came to mind to signify English. But I am sure it can be done in other ways or combinations.

[boxrec]

Maybe the English flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_England#/media/File:Flag_of_England.svg ?

[lavandongen]

That would be very location driven. And probably more so signify British English. My intention is more linguistics than location. Which I understand is what flags are more so about.

I’m just asking for the inclusion since it’s a good library that I enjoy using for clients. And thought this could be a good addition to solve this niche edge case

[Cessquill]

I've just come here to request the same thing - I'm working on a multi-language site where one of the options is "English" - would be great to have a "generic" version in the others section.

[boxrec]

I agree the British flag would be taken for British English. But I think the English flag is quite generic. Would anyone think it was English English ?

Interesting list of English speaking countries here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population

[lavandongen]

It’s mostly that we are looking for a way to denote English. Not England. The English flag immediately makes everyone else feel ruled out. A combination flag of some sorts as mentioned in my initial message would be more “generic” in that regard. Removing geography from it and just focusing on the language part.

[Cessquill]

Agreed - if I see the English flag I think of just England, which narrows it down more. There are some other examples here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_icons_for_languages#Mixed_national_flags

[lavandongen]

These would all be useful inclusions

[gabriele-v]

+1 for above suggested split flags, it's really useful when using flag-icons to identify languages

[dmytro-shchurov]

As some of developers mentioned, this is rather an indication of a language than a location. I agree. And this thing came up in our project as well. The same could be made for ca-fr, or pt-br, for instance. One reason that might not be in favor of this: a potential risk to find two countries in a conflict each other in a future. And after English language, dozens of similar feature requests will be added, I'm afraid. Kind of ch-it, ch-fr, ch-de, and so on.
So, may be a CSS is the best option after all, like fi fi-us fi-half-left or fi fi-gb fi-half-right.