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<BR>I support Addison's suggestion--to insert a comment for now, change the description as soon as possible (or change it now if possible), and only if needed, to register a variant.<BR>
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I see no problem with gsw-fr if the description is corrected<BR>
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unless Alsatian really is quite distinct from the Swiss and German varieties of gsw<BR>
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(but de-fr would never work for Alsatian)<BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A><BR><BR>> From: <A href="mailto:addison@yahoo-inc.com">addison@yahoo-inc.com</A><BR>> <BR>> Mark Davis wrote:<BR>> 7> A second issue is that Alsatian speakers do not think of <BR>> themselves as<BR>> > speaking "Alemannic" and that the idea of using gsw alone may be<BR>> > difficult to "sell" to these people.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > We are tagging languages, not names of languages. The fact that some <BR>> > people call a language, dialect, or variant by a different name doesn't <BR>> > justify having a variant subtag.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> I agree: the fact that people call a language something else calls for a <BR>> separate description. Or possibly a comment.<BR>> <BR>> One resolution to the conundrum of Karen's request would be:<BR>> <BR>> Now: insert a comment into the 'gsw' record like this:<BR>> <BR>> Comment: This language is also use in the Alsace region<BR>> of France, where it is referred to as Alsatian.<BR>> <BR>> Later, if ISO acts in a manner consistent with changing the description, <BR>> add a Description field saying 'Alsatian' and remove the comment. Note <BR>> that "acts in a manner..." may include not adding the description <BR>> officially to ISO 639.<BR>> <BR>> If, for some reason, Alsatian turns out to be a regional dialect of <BR>> 'gsw' and if evidence is presented here that "gsw-FR" is insufficient to <BR>> represent that dialect, register Stephane's variant (and remove the <BR>> comment).<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Addison Phillips<BR>> Globalization Architect -- Yahoo! Inc.<BR>> Chair -- W3C Internationalization Core WG<BR>> <BR>> Internationalization is an architecture.<BR>> It is not a feature.<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Ietf-languages mailing list<BR>> Ietf-languages@alvestrand.no<BR>> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages<BR><BR></body>
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