Request for variant subtag fr 16th-c 17th-c Resubmitted!

[Michael Everson]

At 21:25 -0800 2006-12-15, Doug Ewell wrote:
>CE Whitehead <cewcathar at hotmail dot com> wrote:
>
>>Prefix: fr, frm
>
>One editorial note:
>
>A Prefix field can only contain one tag value, so this must be:
>
>Prefix: fr
>Prefix: frm
>
>and a substantive note:
>
>While I have no blanket objection to defining two Prefix values for 
>a variant, as long as the variant applies to both, CE has defined 
>both "fr" and ""frm" as the Prefix for these proposed subtags with 
>the express goal of flattening the distinction between these two 
>languages, which he views as one language, for searching and 
>retrieval purposes. It is not our job to reverse the decisions of 
>the ISO 639 experts as to "one language or two"; I doubt anyone can 
>find a previous instance in the past 11 years where we have done so. 
>I do not favor starting now.

I agree.
-- 
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com