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Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration

Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> Mon, 14 December 2015 22:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration
From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
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On 14 Dec 2015, at 20:47, Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> wrote:
> 
> Luc Pardon wrote:
> 
>> This could be addressed by stating that the "additional subtag" must
>> have the root language + "simple" as its prefix.
>> 
>> E.g.:
>> 
>> Subtag: newspeak
>> Prefix: en-simple
> 
> I believe this is everybody's intent.

I don’t expect en-simple-basiceng. I expect en-basiceng, just as I expect en-scouse. 

> "If for particular purposes a need arises to tag specific, well-defined
> subvariants of Hepburn, they can be added in future.”

Hepburn is well-defined. “Simple” means nothing, really. 

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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