Re: [Ltru] going back to the roots to find a solution to "zh"

[Leif Halvard Silli <lhs at malform.no>]

Debbie Garside 2008-05-06 21.44:
> Randy wrote:
>
> In retrospect, I think it would have been better to have taken the route of
>    zh -> some kind of Chinese, likely (but not guaranteed) to be Mandarin
>    zh-cmn -> Chinese, specifically Mandarin
>    ar -> some kind of Arabic, likely (but not guaranteed) to be Standard
> Arabic
>    ar-arb -> Arabic, specificall Standard Arabic
>    de -> some kind of German, overwhelmingly likely (but not guaranteed) to
> be Hochdeutsch
>    de-*hde -> German, specifically Hochdeutsch
>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly!
>
> Why can we not take this route.  It is far far better and less troublesome
> as well as more in line with reality (IMHO)
>
> > less precisely than we might like,
> > but at least they'd still be tagged accurately

Indeed.
-- 
leif halvard silli





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