[Ltru] Re: Scottish English (was: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM)

[Mark Davis]

+1

On 8/22/07, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> > bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Addison Phillips
>
>
> > OTOH, there was quite a long thread this year on this list about the
> > practical limits of language tags. They cannot be expected to identify
> > every distinct variation in language. In most cases we are all
> > satisfied
> > to say that "en" is English... and sometimes add a closer regional
> > variation. But truly detailed linguistic variation begins to test the
> > capabilities of tags. In the case of "en-scottish", I can see the
> > justification, but am concerned about where the line gets drawn.
>
> Perhaps it's a matter of expectations. Having a "scottish" subtag doesn't
> mean that every product needs to use it. Perhaps that in itself implies that
> not every product needs to guarantee a request for "en-scottish" can be
> serviced with the kind of results that the requester might be expecting.
> Perhaps the film and TV industry cares about a Scottish/"British"
> distinction, but some other community cares about some other way of tiling
> that bit of the plane.
>
> Welcome to the world of dialects! That is precisely why Gary Simons and I
> concluded years ago that a standard that attempts to do for dialects what
> 639-3 attempts for languages is simply implausible.
>
> Rather, the only thing that seemed plausible was for communities to have a
> way to register the distinctions they care about. Well, here we are! Someone
> from one community wants to register "Scottish" to distinguish it from
> "British". Unless there's reason to believe Karen's need isn't applicable to
> her industry segment as a whole (which I strongly doubt), then I'm not sure
> what better approach there is.
>
>
>
> Peter
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Mark
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