Re: [Moderator Action] Re: Official ISO 3166 country codes online

Forwarded, plus some comments.

At 10:07 1999/11/29 -0500, Michael Everson wrote:
> Ar 09:29 +0900 1999-11-29, scr$ByP(Jbh Masataka Ohta:
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> >> Recently we have requested the ISO 639-2 RA to add a single 3-letter code
> >> for Sign Languages (deaf and otherwise). This single code can be combined
> >> with ISO 3166-1 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes usefully.
> >
> >And it unnecessarily distinguish same Sign Languages in different countries.
> 
> It does _not_. Sorry, but you are dead wrong. Sign Languages _are_
> different in different countries; and some countries have more than one.
> 
> What list is this discussion pertinent to? It's copied to too many.

Yes, please reduce crossposting. I propose to limit the
discussion to ietf-languages.         Regards,   Martin.



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