Language Subtag Registration

[Peter Constable]

The conventional abbreviation is "NFLD", which is what was originally proposed but is too short.

Peter

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From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 7:09 PM
To: ietflang IETF Languages Discussion <ietf-languages at iana.org>
Subject: Re: Language Subtag Registration

Is there a standard Canadian abbreviation for Newfoundland?
Apart from “Newfie”. ;-)

Newflnd or Newfland would be clearest. I have seen Nfld of course.

> On 12 Oct 2015, at 18:55, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the denoted variant is perfectly reasonable to add, but as mentioned, the syntax requires a longer subtag, even though "nfld" is a conventional abbreviation for Newfoundland. What about "nflnd"?
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ietf-languages [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Phillips, Addison
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 10:08 AM
> To: Marc Moisan <webmaster at moisan.ca>; ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: RE: Language Subtag Registration
> 
> Nfld is too short. It needs to be at least five letters (or four numbers) to make a valid subtag.
> 
> Addison.
> ________________________________________
> From: Ietf-languages [ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] on behalf of Marc Moisan [webmaster at moisan.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 6:10 PM
> To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: Language Subtag Registration
> 
>   LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
> 
>   1. Name of requester: Marc Moisan
>   2. E-mail address of requester: webmaster @ moisan.ca
>   3. Record Requested:
> 
>   Type:   variant
>   Subtag: nfld
>   Description: Newfoundland English
>   Prefix: en-CA
> 
>   4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
> 
>   The subtag is intended to represent the dialect of Canadian English spoken in the
>   province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Sometimes referred as "Newfinese" the dialect
>   differ substantially from the English commonly spoken elsewhere.
> 
>   5. Reference to published description of the language (book or
>   article):
> 
>   W.J. Kirwin, G.M. Story and J.D.A. Widdowson, eds. "Dictionary of Newfoundland English",
>   2nd ed. (University of Toronto Press, 1990). [ISBN: 978-0802068194]
> 
>   Nellie P. Strowbridge, "The Newfoundland Tongue" (St. John's, NL:
> Flanker Press, 2008).
>   [ISBN: 978-1897317235]
> 
>   R.A. Bragg, "Traditional Newfie Talk: The First English Language of North America"
>   (Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing, 2015). [ISBN: 978-1771083034]
> 
>   6. Any other relevant information:
> 
>   See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_English
> 
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