Pending requests

Michael Everson everson at evertype.com
Thu Nov 26 13:02:48 CET 2015


On 26 Nov 2015, at 11:19, Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14 at telia.com> wrote:
> 
> Like confusing everyone that does not have English as native language, or have never heard of **Ogden's** Basic English before…

This is a matter of education. Most English speakers haven’t heard of it either. 

> I'm indifferent as to whether one should add a variant subtag for "Ogden Basic English", but if added, the subtag must *not* be "basiceng", as that would certainly be interpreted as some/any kind of "simplified English". "ogden”, "ogdeneng" would be fine.

Interpreted by whom? The parameters for the subtags are given in the proposals which are archived by IANA. 

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/



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