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Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14@telia.com> Thu, 10 December 2015 22:37 UTC

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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:21:38 +0100
Subject: Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration
From: Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14@telia.com>
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I'd say that Ogden's Basic English should also be excluded, since,
apparently, that forces indirect circumlocution expressions (specific
to English) that are not only long-winded, but also hard to grasp
what is actually meant.

/Kent Karlsson


Den 2015-12-10 19:15, skrev "John Cowan" <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>:

> Peter Constable scripsit:

> Small insertion (also inline below):
> "Simplification of language can
> also be used for other purposes, such as
> providing source content that
> can be more easily translated into multiple
> languages."

I would also add "This tag does not apply to varieties that use
> morphology
or syntax considered ungrammatical in the root language."

That
> excludes LsF/IdP.

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