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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>Mario Périard<SPAN
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wrote: </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Ortograf is not the weird spelling of one person. It is even more a
spelling standard of a small group. Actually there are several groups around
the francophone world which support this way of writing fench. It is marginal
yet, obviously, but it is used by a community. If we were "mainstream" we
would already have our main code and a subtag would be useless.
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<DIV><SPAN class=299535019-10122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Well,
separate "main" codes are not assigned to different orthographies of the same
language. Variant subtags are used for that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>We use the code "frm" on our site precisely because only official subtags
are allowed by our content manager software. Since the subtag I suggested
('2004-ortograf') is not valid I suggest the subtag 'ortograf'. I can
re-submit a registration form if it is required.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><SPAN class=299535019-10122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Not sure what
you mean by "official". fr-x-ortograf (e.g.) would be a valid tag, even though
ortograf is not (yet) registered. Do you mean that the content management
software only accepts *registered* (not private use)
subtags?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>If you have any doubt on the seriousness or the international
(francophone) scope of the Ortograf standard, I suggest you to contact other
bodies that work around Ortograf: <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=299535019-10122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>How
stable is this alternate spelling? How accepted is it among the target
audience? Will we see an "Ortograf mark II" in some (not overly distant)
future?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=299535019-10122007> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>/kent k</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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