Re: Language Subtag Registration

CE Whitehead wrote:

> eventually I suppose we will get subtags for all dialects

I don't see any basis for supposing that. Even if it were possible to 
define and identify "all dialects," and practical to characterize and 
exemplify them, a case would still have to be made for the utility of 
each such subtag for tagging content.

> there is yet no subtag for English as spoken in Brooklyn or New York
> but some dialects such as New Foundland do have subtags.

Newfoundland English differs in more than just accent and a limited set 
of regional terms. As the references cited by the registration form 
showed, there are grammatical differences as well.

> I do think that the accents though vary with city location

It's almost never just about accents, and shouldn't be really. Once you 
get past a handful of very well-known regional accents, the line between 
"Michigan English" and "the way my cousin in Sault Ste. Marie talks" 
becomes very vague.

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