Re: Language Subtag Registration

Unlike the case of one's cousin speaking a bit oddly or an informal accent,
there are actually a number of scholarly analyses of Philadelphia English,
such as Professor William Labov who has written a number of linguistic
books and commenting on the dialect of Philadelphia.

-Nick

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 1:01 PM Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org
>
>

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