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John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Wed, 24 September 2008 17:20 UTC

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To: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
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Randy Presuhn scripsit:

> Now, a question.  Consider bo-Latn-TW-pinyin.  Would that be  Tibetan
> as used in Tiawan in an orthography that looks something like Hanyu Pinyin,
> or Tibetan in an orthography that looks something like Tongyong pinyin?

Who cares?  It is complete bollocks in either case, as much so as nv-DK or tlh-AQ.

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