Re: Language Subtag Registration
"Doug Ewell" <doug@ewellic.org> Thu, 15 October 2015 20:45 UTC
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From: Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>
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John Cowan wrote: > I grant that I may be being too finicky here. But it seems to me that > "en-CA-u-sd-canl" means "whatever English(es)" are spoken in > Newfoundland and Labrador, rather than the specific variety > Newfoundland English. I did raise the possibility, in my original message, that the -canl tag might encompass too much. That said, I also suggested that it does not, unless there is a distinct "Labrador English," and I agree with Mark that the granularity that can be expected with subdivisions is comparable to what can be expected with regions. "de-DE" is known to be imperfectly broad, but can be still a useful tag; "de-DE-u-sd-deby" has the same strengths and weaknesses. > It seems to me that since I live in NYC and speak English, that I > necessarily speak "en-US-u-sd-nyc", even though I do not speak English > with the New York City accent (non-rhotic, PRICE-CHOICE-merging, > non-hurry-furry-merging, etc.), which would be hypothetically > "en-US-nynyc". You speak whatever you speak, regardless of where you live, grew up, or happen to be right now. -- Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸
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- Re: Language Subtag Registration Mark Davis ☕️
- Re: Language Subtag Registration Mark Davis ☕️
- Re: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
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- RE: Language Subtag Registration Peter Constable
- RE: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
- RE: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
- Re: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
- Re: Language Subtag Registration Mark Davis ☕️
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- Re: Language Subtag Registration Kent Karlsson
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- Re: Language Subtag Registration John Cowan
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- Re: Language Subtag Registration Michael Everson
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- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration David Starner
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Mark Davis ☕️
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Michael Everson
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- RE: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Peter Constable
- RE: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Peter Constable
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration John Cowan
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Kent Karlsson
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Kent Karlsson
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration John Cowan
- RE: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
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- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Michael Everson
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- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
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- RE: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Doug Ewell
- Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration Michael Everson
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