Re: Proposed changes to Choosing a Language Tag article

Looks good, except for the following.

 in practice convention often associates the macrolanguage subtag with the
predominant language among the encompassed subtags - in this case, cmn
(Mandarin
Chinese).
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in practice, convention overwhelmingly associates the macrolanguage subtag
with the predominant language among the encompassed subtags - in this case,
cmn (Mandarin Chinese).

it may sometimes be better to use the macrolanguage subtag for the
predominant language,
=>
it is generally better to use the macrolanguage subtag for the predominant
language,

Similarly, it may sometimes be better for backwards compatibility if, when
dealing with the predominant language in the set,
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Similarly, it is generally better for backwards compatibility if, when
dealing with the predominant language in the set,

Mark


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 23:23, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org> wrote:

> During our telecon last night people were happy with the changes
> highlighted using change markup in
> http://www.w3.org/International/questions/temp.php
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> The changes were made in an attempt to make it easier to understand
> concepts related to macrolanguages, specific language tags, extlangs, and
> predominant languages.
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> If there are no further objections, I'd like to remove the change marks and
> update the article asap. Please let me know quickly if you have comments.
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> Thanks,
> RI
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