Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: language variant subtag "tongyong" addition request (for Chinese langugaes romanization)

From: "Doug Ewell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:27:50 -0700

OK. Just to confirm for the record, this overturns the decision made 10
years ago.

I will make sure the forms are in order, as soon as Holiday Activities
subside.

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

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: language variant
subtag "tongyong" addition request (for Chinese langugaes romanization)
From: Michael Everson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, December 29, 2018 6:08 pm
To: ietflang IETF Languages Discussion <[email-masked]>

Hanyu Pinyin is what is referred to by “pinyin”. I think that this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin#Comparison_between_Hanyu_Pinyin_and_Tongyong_Pinyin
shows enough differences to warrant distinguishing the two. 

> On 28 Dec 2018, at 17:53, Doug Ewell <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Should we review the lengthy discussions that took place here from August to October 2008, and revisited in September 2009, concerning the ‘pinyin’ subtag and whether or not Tongyong was included in its meaning?