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RE: Language Subtag Registration

"Doug Ewell" <doug@ewellic.org> Thu, 15 October 2015 22:51 UTC

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From: Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>
To: Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>, ietf-languages <ietf-languages@iana.org>
Subject: RE: Language Subtag Registration
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Peter Constable wrote:

> A problem with using the "u" extension is that it's only usable in
> protocols and applications that support the "u" extension, but not by
> BCP 47 implementations generally.

This argument would then apply to the "Russian transliteration of
Chinese" case as well, and would support Sascha Brawer's original
request for a variant subtag.

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