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<FONT color=#000000>I'm sending this again as it did not go through:</FONT><BR>
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<H1><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi.</FONT></H1>
<H1><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Obviously however [vmf] and [sxu] both are Germanic languages, so a prefix of [gem] would not be inaccurate; it would just not be that specific; it would not be fictitious</FONT></H1>
<H1><FONT color=#000000 size=2>{oops; I meant 'specific'} </FONT></H1>
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<H1><FONT color=#000000 size=2>and it would be fine to use it were there no other prefix available. However I must defer to you; it would not be that useful in matching. On the other hand, a prefix of [de] is specific; using it as a prefix lets users retrieve documents in German when documents in the target language/dialect (Erzgebirgisch) are not available, as I understand things. This may be linguistically inaccurate, but it is expedient. Correct me if I am wrong.</FONT></H1><FONT color=#000000></FONT> <BR><FONT color=#000000>In any case we no longer have to wait on new subtags; we now have two new subtags to choose from; I know nothing about the language and nothing about German; from the evidence I saw at Wikipedia and Ethnologue I think I'd favor [sxu] but maybe that is an inaccurate prefix; I would prefer that the German linguists and speakers hammer this one out.</FONT><BR> <BR> <BR>Doug Ewell <A title="Adding variant subtag 'erzgeb' for Erzgebirgisch" href="mailto:ietf-languages@alvestrand.no?Subject=Adding variant subtag 'erzgeb' for Erzgebirgisch&In-Reply-To=">doug at ewellic.org </A><BR>Wed Aug 12 04:58:09 CEST 2009 <BR><PRE>> CE Whitehead <cewcathar at hotmail dot com> wrote:
>> . . .
> . . .
>><I> And, if there are two variants of Erzgebirgisch, then I do not see why
</I>>><I> we would object to having both of the other two prefixes.
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> I haven't seen a scrap of evidence that anyone thinks there are two
> variants of Erzgebirgisch. Randy made a comment that *if there were*
> two such variants, then it would be appropriate to have two tags, but he
> added specifically that he was NOT saying this was so. Certainly I've
> never heard Thomas make such a claim.
</PRE><PRE>I believe I said "if." Sorry if it did not come out sounding that way.</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>Best,</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>C. E. Whitehead</PRE><PRE><A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A>
>><I> However, if Thomas Goldammer has only one variant he wants a subtag
</I>>><I> registered for, and if he can decide which prefix it should have, then
</I>>><I> . . . I am fine with this single prefix.
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> I think that is a wise decision.
> --
> Doug Ewell * Thornton, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14
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