LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

[Karen_Broome at spe.sony.com]

[Note: It appears that the UN has assigned an m49 code for Scotland 
(829?). If this is more appropriate, please let me know. A shorter 
regional tag might be nice.]

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

   1. Name of requester: Karen Broome
   2. E-mail address of requester: karen_broome at spe.sony.com
   3. Record Requested:

      Type: variant
      Subtag: scottish
      Description: Scottish
      Prefix: en
 
   4. Intended meaning of the subtag: 

Indicates the Scottish variant of English. This should not be used to 
indicate Scots or Scots Gaelic. It is intended to distinguish Scottish 
Standard English from en-UK, commonly used to indicate British English.

   5. Reference to published description of the language (book or 
article):
 
 
Abercrombie, D. (1979). "The accents of Standard English in Scotland.", in 
In A. J. Aitken & T. McArthur (eds.),: Languages of Scotland. Edinburgh: 
Chambers, 65?84.  

Wells, John C. (1982). Accents of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University 
Press. ISBN 0-521-22919-7 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-521-24224-X (vol. 2), ISBN 
0-521-24225-8 (vol. 3). 

Hughes, A., Trudgill, P. & Watt, D. (Eds.) (2005). English Accents and 
Dialects (4th Ed.). London: Arnold. ISBN 0-340-88718-4. 


 

Karen Broome
Metadata Systems Designer
Sony Pictures Entertainment
310.244.4384
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