From: ericzen (ericzen@ez-net.com)
Date: Sat Oct 12 2002 - 00:20:47 EDT
On 2002.10.11 22:57 Andrew Dunbar wrote:
>
> Nope because the formula of the tags is ISO 639 + dash
> + ISO 3166
>
> Both of these ISO standards have changed and will
> change again. So we can't just make up our own
> letters. I'm sure this is specifically forbidden in
> some RFC somewhere. RO is probably Romania and even
> if it's not it's entirely likely to become something
> at some point and then we'd be in trouble.
>
> It *is* legal to use tags such as "x-foo". IANA has
> accepted registrations for such with x- and art- and
> maybe another which escapes me. I see these used for
> Lojban and Klingon for instance.
>
> Note that in this case "x" is no longer a language
> code so parsing the tags is potentially more complex.
>
> > For your amusement only.
>
> Don't worry I was amused (:
>
> Andrew.
>
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AbiKlingon?
/me pictures the unending amusement of this concept
AbiScriptKiddie, AbiTokiPona, AbiRedNeck, AbiHex, AbiBinary
Ooh, AbiMonopoly
"To assert information about a misfeature, please complete the form provided"
Hey, AbiCanadian!
Stuff, eh? Do Stuff, eh? Meese, eh? Hockey, eh?
First grammer checker for AbiCanadian:
This sentence doesn't end in "eh?" eh?
What? No bug graph...I know where these thoughts are going!
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