Uninstall foreign languages

Trying to clean out my iMac with OS X v. 10.6.8. Wish to uninstall the foreign language supprt. Thanks

petermac87 wrote:
fane_j wrote:
petermac87 wrote:
I hate knowing I have foreign languages on my computer
Them danged furriners gets in everywhar…
Sorry, I only have English on my computer. Is that a dialect of American you are speaking? lol Actually American terminology would be another thing I would like to be able to uninstall. lmao
Pete
LOL. It's 'de-install' Pete, if you really want to be purist about it. Please let me know if you ever find an app that can do that.
Personally I don't see the point of keeping junk like language files that will never be used on my HDD, despite that I have oodles of space left on my 750gb internal. I'd rather the space be used for something useful. Removing them will be one of the first jobs I do when ML has finished downloading and has installed itself successfully.
On the other hand, if you do leave them on your HDD, they can be considered as a sort of space-saving device that is easily removed if or when you realise that space is suddenly getting tight. Just whip 'em out and problem solved - temporarily.
Just need to remember never to remove any English language files. They could be being used by OSX and removing them will certainly cause trouble.

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