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Re: wadegile and pinyin LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORMs

Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> Tue, 26 August 2008 13:31 UTC

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On 26 Aug 2008, at 13:56, Doug Ewell wrote:

> Michael Everson <everson at evertype dot com> wrote:
>
>> I have nothing against "wadegile" and approve it herewith.
>>
>> I approve "pinyin" too.
>
> Is that to say you approve them with a Prefix value of "zh-Latn", as  
> shown on Mark's "R2" registration forms?

Erm, no. Both Wade Giles and Hanyu Pinyin imply Latin inherently, in  
my opinion. zh-wadegile and zh-pinyin cannot mean zh-Cyrl-wadegile or  
zh-Grek-pinyin.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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