Add Likely Subtags first step

[Phillips, Addison]

Perhaps "oedict", since the dictionary is often called the OED.

Addison

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> From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On
> Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 10:42 AM
> To: cowan at ccil.org
> Cc: ietflang IETF Languages Discussion; John Cowan
> Subject: RE: Add Likely Subtags first step
> 
> John Cowan <cowan at ccil dot org> wrote:
> 
> >> 'oxendict' looks too much like a dictionary of oxen, or the diction
> >> of oxen. I realize "oxen" is how the town of Oxford got its name, but
> >> language tagging isn't supposed to be a lesson in etymology.
> >
> > Well, yes. But now it's you who are arguing from the form of the
> > subtag to its meaning. In any case, 'oxdict' would not suggest oxen to
> > me.
> 
> I was actually trying to argue, slightly humorously, that the form was mildly
> distracting. I don't think we will ever actually try to tag the diction of oxen.
> 
> I'm fine with 'oxdict'.
> 
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