Scottish English (was: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM)

[Michael Everson]

At 15:58 +0100 2007-08-21, Caoimhin O Donnaile wrote:

>But Scottish English is clear and well-defined enough as a variety 
>to be worth registering.

Where and how is it defined?

>The term "Scottish English" is one often used by linguists to denote 
>the variety of standard English used in Scotland, as opposed to 
>Scots (Ethnologue code SCO).

References?

Does "Scottish English" include Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and 
Inverness equally?

>I think using the M.49 regional code might be a good idea if this is
>possible.  Otherwise "en-scottish" would be fine.

In ISO 3166-2 SCT means Scotland. This is superior to M.49, at least.
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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com