Re: Variant subtag proposal: Høgnorsk variety of Norwegian
    Doug Ewell 
    doug at ewellic.org
       
    Fri Jan  8 04:05:36 CET 2010
    
    
  
Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
> I'm not sure, though, why Doug said what he said....
>
> In truth, the conservative Nynorskians most often do not choose the 
> most typical Høgnorsk variants which the official Nynorsk norm 
> defines. They instead tend to write conservatively within the so 
> called schoolbook norm. Their conservatism is seen in choice of words, 
> in saying no to Bokmål loan words and in choosing the conservative 
> inflection/declension variants - when the so called schoolbook norm 
> permits it, and in emphasizing good Norwegian wording.
As soon as you start talking about choice of words and inflection and 
declension, you are no longer talking about orthography.
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Doug Ewell  |  Thornton, Colorado, USA  |  http://www.ewellic.org
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