Is there a subtag for 'plain English' or 'simplified English'

[Mark Davis]

Well, the obvious answer is yes, because every concept we deal with is not
absolutely precise: the boundaries between languages and dialects certainly
aren't, and "en-US" encompasses usage of both Teddy Kennedy and Jessica
Simpson. So there is always some amount of leeway in IDs.

I think the better way to look at it is as a matter of degree; that some
proposals are so vague as to be not operationally useful for interchange:
"legal", in what jurisdiction? "simple", compared to what? etc.

Mark

On 12/20/06, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
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> > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> > bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
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> > Unless you have clear, interoperable definitions for concepts like
> > "legal" and "technical" and "plain,"
>
> I wonder: is it possible to have interoperability using an ID for an
> intentionally vague concept, e.g. "legal" where there is room for leeway
> in how a user might want to contrast that with something else?
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