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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=913530218-19122006>FYI, I
am looking at including Registers within ISO 639-6; perhaps within an extension
coding mechanism working across different domains. I am working on it
for the next draft.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=913530218-19122006>Best</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Peter
Constable<BR><B>Sent:</B> 19 December 2006 15:48<BR><B>To:</B>
ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Is there a subtag for
'plain English' or 'simplified English'<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps variant
subtags “colloq” and “legal” (and perhaps others for other registers of
English usage). Of course, the vast majority of English content is colloquial,
so “colloq” would only get used in particular application contexts, e.g. if
you were maintaining a corpus of documents used for training natural-language
processing tools.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Hoag, Regina<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:53
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Is there a subtag for 'plain
English' or 'simplified English'</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">What would you suggest to
indicate the difference between something written in English and a simplified
English "translation" of that content. For example, the legal wording of a
bill submitted to voters and the "plain English" translation of that
bill.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Would it be appropriate in
this case to use a user extension? (e.g. x-mysimplifiedenglish)</SPAN></FONT>
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">If an alternative already
exists, I understand it would be better not to use a private use subtag,
however this distinction may be too idiosyncratic for a general tag. What do
you think?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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Hoag</SPAN></FONT></I> <BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Regina Hoag<BR>Applications
System Analyst/Programmer<BR>SRCE - Scoring Technology</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT
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<P><I><FONT face=Vivaldi size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Vivaldi">Don’t just
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