<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We should wait until we get an answer
from ISO. While we should deal with requests in a timely way, it's important
that any decision we make is not in conflict with ISO's answer. I don't
think there's much point in arguing specifics of the registration form
until we hear from them again.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regards,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Karen Broome<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no wrote on 02/28/2008
10:21:17 AM:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> I remember that Doug proposed:<br>
> <br>
> > Type: language<br>
> > Subtag: gsw<br>
> > Description: Swiss German<br>
> > Description: Alemannic<br>
> > Added: 2006-03-08<br>
> > Suppress-Script: Latn<br>
> > Comment: gsw-FR represents the Alsatian dialect<br>
> <br>
> Or you might have the comment read:<br>
> Comment: gsw-FR generally represents the Alsatian dialect.<br>
> <br>
> And be done with it.<br>
> <br>
> Though you can also keep waiting for a reclassification too. But
it<br>
> seems the comment would be o.k. without any reclassification &
you <br>
> can then just wait till you get one.<br>
> <br>
> Alternately there is the variant Alsatian registered originally <br>
> requested, with the prefix [gsw]. It would represent the Alsatian
<br>
> dialect and then [gsw] would represent any dialect of [gsw] when <br>
> spoken in France. <br>
> <br>
> (This is based on Stephane Bortzmeier's information (http://www.<br>
> alvestrand.no/pipermail/ietf-languages/2008-January/007264.html):<br>
> "Do note also that some alsatian local dialects are *not* variant
of<br>
> Alemannic at all but Franconian or even Roman languages."<br>
> I suppose [gsw-FR] might (in addition to representing Alsatian) also<br>
> represent any dialect of Alemannic but spoken in France? Or
is that<br>
> going too far??)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --C. E. Whitehead<br>
> cewcathar@hotmail.com <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
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