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Re: Another attempt at plain language

Tobias Bengfort <tobias.bengfort@posteo.de> Fri, 11 September 2015 05:25 UTC

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Subject: Re: Another attempt at plain language
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On 10/09/15 19:30, Kent Karlsson wrote:
> Thus, I would in addition prefer a subtag name like "easy" rather than
> "plain" or "simple". "Easy to read (or follow in speech), easy to
> understand". 

I tend to agree. But if I am not mistaken, a variant subtag that begins
with a letter must be at least five characters long.

tobias

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