diff --git a/recipes/american_thinker.recipe b/recipes/american_thinker.recipe
index eb2277a226..9ad7d0f7ec 100644
--- a/recipes/american_thinker.recipe
+++ b/recipes/american_thinker.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AmericanThinker(BasicNewsRecipe):
     oldest_article = 7  # days
     max_articles_per_feed = 50
     summary_length = 150
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
 
     remove_javascript = True
diff --git a/recipes/amspec.recipe b/recipes/amspec.recipe
index 35b59d8e1e..90437f5024 100644
--- a/recipes/amspec.recipe
+++ b/recipes/amspec.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class TheAmericanSpectator(BasicNewsRecipe):
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     auto_cleanup = True
     encoding = 'utf-8'
 
diff --git a/recipes/aprospect.recipe b/recipes/aprospect.recipe
index d6f694e0e1..de904a2dca 100644
--- a/recipes/aprospect.recipe
+++ b/recipes/aprospect.recipe
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class AmericanProspect(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'American Prospect'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     oldest_article = 300
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     recursions = 0
     no_stylesheets = True
diff --git a/recipes/baltimore_sun.recipe b/recipes/baltimore_sun.recipe
index 796a5655ac..3138a720d9 100644
--- a/recipes/baltimore_sun.recipe
+++ b/recipes/baltimore_sun.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class BaltimoreSun(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'The Baltimore Sun'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     description = 'Complete local news and blogs from Baltimore'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     version = 2.5
     compress_news_images = True
     compress_news_images_auto_size = 8
diff --git a/recipes/boston.com.recipe b/recipes/boston.com.recipe
index 316969243a..82f75c53d4 100644
--- a/recipes/boston.com.recipe
+++ b/recipes/boston.com.recipe
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class BostonGlobeSubscription(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = "Boston Globe"
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     description = 'The Boston Globe'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b, %Y]'
     keep_only_tags = [
         class_startswith('headline |', 'subheader |', 'byline |', 'image |', 'lead |', 'body |', 'comic-debug'),
diff --git a/recipes/boston_globe_print_edition.recipe b/recipes/boston_globe_print_edition.recipe
index 3ceb4edbb0..8c5e81df7c 100644
--- a/recipes/boston_globe_print_edition.recipe
+++ b/recipes/boston_globe_print_edition.recipe
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class BostonGlobePrint(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = "Boston Globe | Print Edition"
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal, unkn0wn'
     description = 'The Boston Globe - Today\'s Paper'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     keep_only_tags = [
         class_startswith('headline |', 'subheader |', 'byline |', 'image |', 'lead |', 'body |', 'comic-debug'),
diff --git a/recipes/cincinnati_enquirer.recipe b/recipes/cincinnati_enquirer.recipe
index 9e59e6f645..4e2409024c 100644
--- a/recipes/cincinnati_enquirer.recipe
+++ b/recipes/cincinnati_enquirer.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1234144423(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Cincinnati Enquirer'
     oldest_article = 7
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     __author__ = 'Joseph Kitzmiller and Sujata Raman'
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
diff --git a/recipes/cnn.recipe b/recipes/cnn.recipe
index cdd17e4865..9089c9d2bb 100644
--- a/recipes/cnn.recipe
+++ b/recipes/cnn.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class CNN(BasicNewsRecipe):
     description = 'Global news'
     timefmt = ' [%d %b %Y]'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
diff --git a/recipes/dailyreckoning.recipe b/recipes/dailyreckoning.recipe
index 91b6bd0c90..a2955e2f99 100644
--- a/recipes/dailyreckoning.recipe
+++ b/recipes/dailyreckoning.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class dailyreckoning_us(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     extra_css = ' #BlogTitle{font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold} #BlogDate{font-size: small} '
 
     conversion_options = {
diff --git a/recipes/denver_post.recipe b/recipes/denver_post.recipe
index b303505219..dd11e09a6a 100644
--- a/recipes/denver_post.recipe
+++ b/recipes/denver_post.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def classes(classes):
 
 class DenverPost(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Denver Post'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
     oldest_article = 1  # days
     max_articles_per_feed = 20
diff --git a/recipes/foxnews.recipe b/recipes/foxnews.recipe
index 3e5c25ca6d..402b2ea894 100644
--- a/recipes/foxnews.recipe
+++ b/recipes/foxnews.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class FoxNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
     encoding = 'utf8'
     use_embedded_content = False
 
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     extra_css = """
         body{font-family: Arial,sans-serif }
diff --git a/recipes/icons/irish_times_free.png b/recipes/icons/irish_times_free.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72eaba90ff
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/icons/irish_times_free.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/kstar.recipe b/recipes/kstar.recipe
index 16b0fca3aa..34f25fbd5a 100644
--- a/recipes/kstar.recipe
+++ b/recipes/kstar.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class AdvancedUserRecipe1282101454(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'Kansas City Star'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'TonytheBookworm'
     description = 'www.kansascity.com feed'
     publisher = 'Tony Stegall'
diff --git a/recipes/las_vegas_review.recipe b/recipes/las_vegas_review.recipe
index 47e9a587af..a90c548787 100644
--- a/recipes/las_vegas_review.recipe
+++ b/recipes/las_vegas_review.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1274742400(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     title = u'Las Vegas Review Journal'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     oldest_article = 7
 
diff --git a/recipes/latimes.recipe b/recipes/latimes.recipe
index ff9c94c09b..dc30505a29 100644
--- a/recipes/latimes.recipe
+++ b/recipes/latimes.recipe
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class LATimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content = False
     compress_news_images = True
     compress_news_images_auto_size = 5
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'url'}
     publication_type = 'newspaper'
diff --git a/recipes/miami_herald.recipe b/recipes/miami_herald.recipe
index c5d0328dff..25965b0f4e 100644
--- a/recipes/miami_herald.recipe
+++ b/recipes/miami_herald.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class TheMiamiHerald(BasicNewsRecipe):
     oldest_article = 1
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     publisher = u'The Miami Herald'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
diff --git a/recipes/msnbc.recipe b/recipes/msnbc.recipe
index e784a62af4..5eb138a57d 100644
--- a/recipes/msnbc.recipe
+++ b/recipes/msnbc.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MsNBC(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf8'
     publisher = 'msnbc.com'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     ignore_duplicate_articles = {'title', 'url'}
     keep_only_tags = [
diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
index c76078be13..d2eff8d35c 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     title = u'New York Review of Books'
     description = u'Book reviews'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
 
diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
index 548ab2bf37..e36cd9978a 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     title = u'New York Review of Books (no subscription)'
     description = u'Book reviews'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
 
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_cooking.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_cooking.recipe
index 76873b0ff5..dc466d246c 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_cooking.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_cooking.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class NYTCooking(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = 'NY Times Cooking'
     description = 'NY Times Cooking Magazine'
     __author__ = 'gourav'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     encoding = 'utf-8'
     oldest_article = 2
     max_articles_per_feed = 30
diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
index 2ad3c65387..8086ca729a 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_sports.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class NYTimesSports(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'New York Times Sports Beat'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'rylsfan'
     description = 'Indepth sports from the New York Times'
     publisher = 'The New York Times'
diff --git a/recipes/oakland_north.recipe b/recipes/oakland_north.recipe
index 8504fa2139..eaa62e9c97 100644
--- a/recipes/oakland_north.recipe
+++ b/recipes/oakland_north.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1299640653(BasicNewsRecipe):
     oldest_article = 30
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
 
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'noah'
     description = 'Oakland North'
     category = 'news'
diff --git a/recipes/oc_register.recipe b/recipes/oc_register.recipe
index 9e8fda9eb7..5e489b404d 100644
--- a/recipes/oc_register.recipe
+++ b/recipes/oc_register.recipe
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class OrangeCountyRegister(BasicNewsRecipe):
     auto_cleanup = True
     extra_css = 'div.metaAuthor { display:none;}\n'
     encoding = 'utf8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     needs_subscription = False
     no_stylesheets = True
     oldest_article = 7
diff --git a/recipes/san_fran_chronicle.recipe b/recipes/san_fran_chronicle.recipe
index 20d9d21af6..02ed91ebc9 100644
--- a/recipes/san_fran_chronicle.recipe
+++ b/recipes/san_fran_chronicle.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SanFranciscoChronicle(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'San Francisco Chronicle'
     __author__ = u'Darko Miletic and Sujata Raman'
     description = u'San Francisco news'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     oldest_article = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
diff --git a/recipes/sanjosemercurynews.recipe b/recipes/sanjosemercurynews.recipe
index ddb96cb9e8..233b86f635 100644
--- a/recipes/sanjosemercurynews.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sanjosemercurynews.recipe
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class MercuryNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     conversion_options = {
         'comment': description, 'tags': category, 'publisher': publisher, 'language': language
diff --git a/recipes/seattle_times.recipe b/recipes/seattle_times.recipe
index fafada2e9f..558f0c26e8 100644
--- a/recipes/seattle_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/seattle_times.recipe
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class SeattleTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     keep_only_tags = [
         classes('article-header featured-media article-body')
diff --git a/recipes/sfbg.recipe b/recipes/sfbg.recipe
index cce5aa6af0..6ecfe519c0 100644
--- a/recipes/sfbg.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sfbg.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class SanFranciscoBayGuardian(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'San Francisco Bay Guardian'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'Krittika Goyal'
     oldest_article = 31  # days
     max_articles_per_feed = 25
diff --git a/recipes/st_louis_post_dispatch.recipe b/recipes/st_louis_post_dispatch.recipe
index bbb2ef36b5..c7538688ff 100644
--- a/recipes/st_louis_post_dispatch.recipe
+++ b/recipes/st_louis_post_dispatch.recipe
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 class StLouisPostDispatch(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'St Louis Post-Dispatch'
     __author__ = 'cisaak'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     category = 'newspaper'
     masthead_url = 'http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4929686950_0e22e2c88a.jpg'
 
diff --git a/recipes/tmz.recipe b/recipes/tmz.recipe
index 96fa160261..c78264be2f 100644
--- a/recipes/tmz.recipe
+++ b/recipes/tmz.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1282101454(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = 'The TMZ'
     __author__ = 'Tony Stegall'
     description = 'Celeb Gossip and News'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     publisher = 'The TMZ'
     category = 'news, celebrity, USA'
     oldest_article = 1
diff --git a/recipes/tulsaworld.recipe b/recipes/tulsaworld.recipe
index 23e33608ff..5a8f81266b 100644
--- a/recipes/tulsaworld.recipe
+++ b/recipes/tulsaworld.recipe
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class TulsaWorld(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     encoding = 'utf8'
     use_embedded_content = False
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     country = 'US'
     auto_cleanup=True
     remove_empty_feeds = True
diff --git a/recipes/usatoday.recipe b/recipes/usatoday.recipe
index 23ace39e94..d5518aaf1d 100644
--- a/recipes/usatoday.recipe
+++ b/recipes/usatoday.recipe
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class USAToday(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal, unkn0wn'
     description = 'newspaper'
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
 
     use_embedded_content = False
     timefmt = ' [%d %b %Y]'
diff --git a/recipes/usnews.recipe b/recipes/usnews.recipe
index 52055d80fb..756ba82ab0 100644
--- a/recipes/usnews.recipe
+++ b/recipes/usnews.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class LaPrensa(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets = True
     use_embedded_content = False
     encoding = 'utf-8'
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     auto_cleanup = True
 
     feeds = [
diff --git a/recipes/wash_times.recipe b/recipes/wash_times.recipe
index a0a061dd5e..22d702c82d 100644
--- a/recipes/wash_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wash_times.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class WashingtonTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     title = 'Washington Times'
     max_articles_per_feed = 15
-    language = 'en'
+    language = 'en_US'
     __author__ = 'Kos Semonski'
 
     preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(i[0], re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), i[1]) for i in
diff --git a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
index 9b1bc4f594..d818c5ec7b 100644
--- a/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
+++ b/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class WSJ(BasicNewsRecipe):
     else:
         title = 'The Wall Street Journal (free)'
     __author__ = 'Kovid Goyal'
-    description = 'News and current affairs'
-    language = 'en'
+    description = 'Old code. Use WSJ recipes by unkn0wn'
+    language = 'en_US'
     masthead_url = 'https://s.wsj.net/media/wsj_amp_masthead_lg.png'
 
     compress_news_images = True