Re: [Ltru] Does 'de' really mean "only standard German"?

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ltru] Does 'de' really mean "only standard German"?
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Randy Presuhn scripsit:

> Perhaps this would be a question for ietf-languages@iana.org, but I'll ask
> it here:  how then would one tag the "Stadtsprache" (city dialect) of Mannheim?
> While clearly not "standard German", it seems quite a stretch to lump it
> with the Pfaelzisch one might run into among the elderly in the countryside.

Well, you have your choice between de-mannheim or pfl-mannheim.  Perhaps
both are worth registering.  I certainly don't claim to know.

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