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

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn at mindspring.com>]

Hi -

As a technical contributor...

> From: "Peter Constable" <petercon at microsoft.com>
> To: "LTRU Working Group" <ltru at ietf.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ltru] Does 'de' really mean "only standard German"?
...
> So, while it isn't all perfect, I think what was done was reasonable
> and workable. And I think there can appropriate cases in which tags
> of the form de-variantx might be used to describe some specific variaties
> that could reasonably be considered as within the scope for the standard
> variety. (But don't ask me which are or are not appropriate cases for "de".)

I could agree with saying that "de" is "exemplified by standard German".
This reflects reality and does not cause problems.

I cannot agree with saying that "de" somehow *is* "standard German".
This leaves all non-standard varieties which have not been given language
codes of their own in some sort of limbo, potentially requiring new top-level
codes for things which really should not need them.  (I have great difficulty
understanding how a non-standard variety would be "within the scope for
the standard variety".)

Randy

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