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<BR><BR>Hi, all.<BR>
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I'd like to see Ciaran's proposal discussed; will wait a bit to hear what Ciaran and John decide [de] includes.<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR><BR>> From: dewell@roadrunner.com<BR>> To: ietf-languages@iana.org<BR>> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:28:42 -0800<BR> <BR>> CE Whitehead <cewcathar at hotmail dot com> wrote:<BR>> <BR><BR>> <BR>> > or else, (2), using [gem] which already at ethnologue indicates many <BR>> > of the varieties in question (Low Saxon, Franconian, Standard German; <BR>> > in the language subtag registry it is listed as indicating all <BR>> > varieties of German<BR>
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[that is, other than Standard German, Pennsylvania Dutch, etc., sorry for this omission on my part]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Ciarán and John <BR>> are working out what they feel this <BR>
[de] (I inserted this for clarification, since I've cut up the email a bit)<BR>
> means, in a world where some people <BR>> speak varieties of what they would consider "German" and others speak a <BR>> dialect closely related to German but which they would not consider <BR>> "German."<BR>
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Great! I look forward to seeing the results of Ciaran's and John's work!<BR>
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> > so I would assume that would include Upper Saxon for which there is no <BR>> > code)--<BR>> <BR>> There is a code (actually a code element). There is not yet a subtag, <BR>> but one day there will be, if RFC 4646bis is approved.<BR>
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Yes, I understand there will be, one day, when/if RFC 4646bis goes through . . .<BR>
Thanks.<BR>
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But the question is, should we wait for [sxu]? Or is [de] or [gem] a suitable prefix?<BR>
I still like Ciaran's proposal and want to see it discussed.<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A><BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> Doug Ewell * Fullerton, California, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14<BR></body>
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