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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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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>
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<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><font size=4 face=Vivaldi><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Vivaldi;font-style:italic'>Regina</span></font></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><font
size=4 face=Vivaldi><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Vivaldi;
font-style:italic'> Hoag</span></font></i> <br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Regina
Hoag<br>
Applications System Analyst/Programmer<br>
SRCE - Scoring Technology</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>609-734-5204</span></font>
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<p><i><font size=3 face=Vivaldi><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Vivaldi;
font-style:italic'>Don’t just think outside the box… use it for
kindling…</span></font></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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