Re: Variant subtag proposal: Høgnorsk variety of Norwegian
Doug Ewell
doug at ewellic.org
Fri Jan 8 04:05:36 CET 2010
Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
> I'm not sure, though, why Doug said what he said....
>
> In truth, the conservative Nynorskians most often do not choose the
> most typical Høgnorsk variants which the official Nynorsk norm
> defines. They instead tend to write conservatively within the so
> called schoolbook norm. Their conservatism is seen in choice of words,
> in saying no to Bokmål loan words and in choosing the conservative
> inflection/declension variants - when the so called schoolbook norm
> permits it, and in emphasizing good Norwegian wording.
As soon as you start talking about choice of words and inflection and
declension, you are no longer talking about orthography.
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