be-latn language tag registration form

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Mon Dec 27 20:13:40 CET 2004


At 11:07 -0800 2004-12-27, Peter Constable wrote:
>  > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
>>  bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
>
>
>>  The tag is, in principle, unobjectionable, but I am not sure about
>this:
>>
>>  >Belarusian is customarily written in multiple scripts.
>>
>>  It is *customarily* written in Cyrillic.
>
>Whatever is or isn't considered customary, it appears from the Web sites
>cited that it *is* written by some people on some occasions in Latin
>script, and so the need for "be-Latn" appears to be valid.

I don't dispute that. Just the rhetoric.
-- 
Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com


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