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<BR>Hi, I think that de-fr would be confusing.<BR>
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I support Karen's request to change the description field.<BR> <BR>--C. E. Whitehead<BR><A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A><BR><BR>
Michael Everson wrote:<BR>
<BR>> At 09:23 -0800 2008-01-10, Mark Davis wrote:<BR><BR>
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<DIV><BR>>>You need to describe what <I>other</I> variants of >> Alemanic would be </DIV>
<DIV>>>referenced by de-FR. If there aren't any, then >> de-FR is sufficient.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> We are tagging languages, not names of </DIV>
<DIV>> languages. The fact that </DIV>
<DIV>> some people call a language, dialect, or variant > by a different name </DIV>
<DIV>> doesn't justify having a variant subtag.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>?? We do give variant subtags to languages, dialects, and variants of both when appropriate.</DIV>
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<DIV>But as I've said, I support a change to the description field, which Karen has just requested.</DIV>
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<DIV>--C. E. Whitehead</DIV>
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<DIV class=EC_Ih2E3d><BR><BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Mark </BLOCKQUOTE></body>
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