REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'grabar'

[Mark Davis]

It is clear to me that everything you have done has been above board. (I
would have spoken earlier, but I filter out your accuser's email.)

Mark

On 9/25/06, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> To what I just wrote, I should like to add one point:
>
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael
> Everson
> ...
> At 00:05 +0200 2006-09-26, JFC Morfin wrote:
> ...
>
> >What is choking is that Peter and Michael did not understand, know,
> >realise why this is a BIG bug. Something they should obviously have
> >known as language experts - what I am not - and that lay people like
> >me and others with an average historic knowledge and cultural
> >background do know and are chocked by. Peter today's mail is an
> >additional concern, since Peter tries to manipulate the list against
> >common culture and needed usage.
> >
> >I could understand Peter ignored the "Grabar" name. I am very
> >surprised that he did not know about its history. I am puzzled that
> >after having been reminded about it, he tries to hide his ignorance
> >and use it at his own advantage.
>
> I trust it is clear to all that I have not opposed the registration of a
> variant subtag for Grabar because I wish to manipulate any list against
> common culture and needed usage, or because I am trying to hide my
> ignorance. Rather, it is because I believe users needing a tag for
> Grabar content will be best served, and the overall coherence of our
> system of ISO 639 IDs and RFC 4646 tags will be optimized, if this
> variety is given an identifier in ISO 639 rather than being coded with a
> variant subtag.
>
>
>
> Peter Constable
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