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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That’s correct: the ‘fonuni’ subtag, if approved, could be used to validly form any language tag, including both fewer (en-unifon) and more (en-Latn-NZ-unifon)
subtags that matched the Prefix field(s) in the registry, as well as other well-formed (but non-sensical) tags (tlh-Cyrl-AQ-unifon).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Any reason why ‘fonuni’ would be the subtag you proposed instead of ‘unifon’?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Addison Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Globalization Architect (Amazon Lab126)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Chair (W3C I18N WG)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Internationalization is not a feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It is an architecture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>DataPacRat<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 12, 2013 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael Everson<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ietflang IETF Languages Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Unifon script?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That seems workable. If I understand the tag building system right, en-fonuni would also be a permissible construction, if the subtag is approved, correct?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think I'll wait a couple of days for any further suggestions; and unless a better idea is proposed, then I'll submit the form for this one.<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Thursday, 12 September 2013, Michael Everson wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It's a Latin orthography. It could get a subtag fonuni, though, for tagging, for example, en-Latin-fonuni.<br>
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On 12 Sep 2013, at 13:02, DataPacRat <<a href="javascript:;">datapacrat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I was doing some experiments with vCard language tags a few moments ago; and have just noticed that the current IANA language subtag registry has no mention of Unifon, a phonemic rendition of English that's been used academically and in the occasional science-fiction
comic. ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unifon" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unifon</a> ,<br>
> <a href="http://www.datapacrat.com/unifon/" target="_blank">http://www.datapacrat.com/unifon/</a> ,<br>
> <a href="http://datapacrat.deviantart.com/art/Easy-as-A-B-C-283196672" target="_blank">
http://datapacrat.deviantart.com/art/Easy-as-A-B-C-283196672</a> ).<br>
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> Would it be worthwhile for me to fill out a language subtag registration form for this script?<br>
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Michael Everson * <a href="http://www.evertype.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evertype.com/</a><br>
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