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Re: [Ltru] Uniqueness of variant subtags



mark at macchiato.com scripsit:

> <t>Variant subtags that are used with multiple prefixes must have
> consistent semantics across those prefixes. 

I'd say "a single meaning" rather than "consistent semantics".
The hypothetical subtag 'western' has consistent semantics (it means
"the western dialect of any language") but not a single meaning, for
en-US-western has nothing to do with ko-western.

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