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+# This file might be best to be catted into something read by your shell.
+# In my case possibly ~/.custom
+# See also https://mikaela.info/locale
+
+# Default language & everything: en_GB.UTF-8
+LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
+# The primary language & fallbacks (pam_environment was unhappy with only
+# $LANG in my test).
+LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8:en_US.UTF-8:en
+# ISO 8601
+LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
+# € not £
+LC_MONETARY=fi_FI.UTF-8
+# no Mx, just the name
+LC_NAME=fi_FI.UTF-8
+# +358...
+LC_TELEPHONE=fi_FI.UTF-8