Request for variant subtag "scouse"
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Tue Aug 29 20:41:45 CEST 2006
LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
1. Name of requester: John Cowan
2. E-mail address of requester: cowan at ccil.org
3. Record Requested:
Type: variant
Subtag: scouse
Description: Scouse
Prefix: en
Suppress-Script: Latn
Comments: English Liverpudlian dialect known as 'Scouse'
4. Intended meaning of the subtag: The Scouse dialect of English
5. Reference to published description
of the language (book or article):
Shaw, Frank, Spiegl, Fritz, and Kelly, Stan. Lern Yerself Scouse
Volume 1: How to Talk Proper in Liverpool. Liverpool, UK: Scouse Press,
1966-1996.
Lane, Linacre. Lern Yerself Scouse Volume 2: The ABZ of
Scouse. Liverpool, UK: Scouse Press, 1966-1996.
Minard, Brian. Lern Yerself Scouse Volume 3: Wersia Sensa Yuma?
Liverpool, UK: Scouse Press, 1966-1996.
Unknown. Lern Yerself Scouse Volume 4: The Language of Laura Norder.
Liverpool, UK: Scouse Press, 1966-1996.
Szlamp. Oxford English Dictionary (Online Abstract): The definition of the
word 'Scouser', 'Scouser' Liverpool, UK: http://www.scouser.com/define/,
1996-Present (via Active Update).
6. Any other relevant information:
Registration of this variant will cause the existing grandfathered
tag "en-scouse" to be changed to a redundant tag.
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