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"Doug Ewell" <doug@ewellic.org> Thu, 15 October 2015 22:55 UTC

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From: Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>
To: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Subject: RE: Language Subtag Registration
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:55:19 -0700
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John Cowan wrote:

> My point is that there are many people in Newfoundland & Labrador who
> speak general Canadian English, or American English, or RP.

It's not about where the individual speaker is located, and never has
been; it's about "linguistic variations associated with or appropriate
to a specific country, territory, or region" (Section 2.2.4).

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