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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> Karen wrote:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> >> </FONT></SPAN>Your usage scenarios
are not the same as my real life need and that's the only context for this
request. I need this tag today to distinguish this language from other en-UK
variants yet to be named. I have the same video content in two UK dialects of
English. <SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>Sorry. I lost my archives as I have changed
my laptop within the past 7
days.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT
face="Courier New" color=#000000>>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>I indicated
why I need this tag, but I have no use for the more granular tagging you
mention, especially as Google searches on "Edinburgh standard English" and
"standard Glaswegian English" do not turn up many results. I'm not sure if the
word "standard" should be used here -- these terms do not seem commonly used by
linguists. <SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007>I was
trying to get around the Scots scenario. I am sure that en-scottish would
be mistakenly used for Scots. Whereas I thought (from memory) you were
talking about standard english as spoken in scotland (with accents and the few
anomolies)as opposed to dialects which have fuzzy
boundaries.</SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> >> </FONT></SPAN>Certainly there are
many English dialects in the UK that may want identification, as others have
mentioned, but I don't have a need for them right now. <SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>OK</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT
face="Courier New" color=#000000>>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>The tagging
above is also illegal. <SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>I know but I was trying to get my opinion across
not trying to tag using the correct syntax.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>>></FONT> </SPAN>Below are the search
results for "Standard Scottish English." </FONT></TT><BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif
size=2>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22standard+scottish+english%22&hl=en&start=10&sa=N</FONT> <SPAN
class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Here are the results for Standard English in Scotland
:-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Standard+English+in+Scotland&meta">http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Standard+English+in+Scotland&meta</A>=</FONT> </SPAN><BR><BR><TT><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>I really
just want to say English as spoken in Scotland and leave it at that, but I'll
take a tag for Standard Scottish English if there's no suitable regional tag.
Doug suggests that perhaps "Scotland" is a better subtag. <SPAN
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color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><TT><FONT size=2><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>Standard Scottish English would be fine by
me.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></TT><BR><BR><TT><FONT size=2>It's quite likely there
are several Scottish dialects in the original work mentioned. It was shot in
locations throughout Scotland. That's another difference between audio language
identification and textual language identification. Audio content is much more
likely to have a slight blur of dialects due to a mix of speakers. Written
language usually has one author per work so you can fully classify the document
into a distinct dialect.</FONT></TT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> Perhaps this
is why "Serbo-Croatian" is still useful to us in audio
contexts.</FONT> <SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Indeed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>This is somewhat akin
to the Catalan vs. Valencian problem so I suspect this type of regional issue
will come up again, probably in the UK for dialects others have
mentioned.</FONT> <SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=016194518-21082007>It </SPAN><SPAN class=016194518-21082007> is
somehwat different as anyone speaking Catalan can also understand Valencian
- the differences are minimal as far as I am aware. The accent alone
between the scottish dialects is enough to make it unintelligible to speakers of
standard english in my opinion.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=016194518-21082007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Best </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=016194518-21082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Debbie</FONT> </SPAN><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Regards,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Karen
Broome<BR>Metadata Systems Designer<BR>Sony Pictures
Entertainment<BR></FONT><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>