--- Lib/locale.py~	2004-07-26 14:45:59.000000000 +0200
+++ Lib/locale.py	2005-03-20 13:43:56.593415041 +0100
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@
     for variable in envvars:
         localename = lookup(variable,None)
         if localename:
+            if variable == 'LANGUAGE':
+                localename = localename.split(':')[0]
             break
     else:
         localename = 'C'