I'm inclined to agree. John said he thought this was a candidate for 639-3; it is my strong preference not to add this to the draft code table for 639-3, but to leave it to consideration for addition after 639-3 is publish (assuming requests through standard channels with appropriate documentation, etc.) Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Rebecca S. Guenther > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:37 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Ulster Scots in ISO 639] > > We haven't had a request for it. It wasn't in UKMARC according to the > British Library. Only John is asking for it. So why don't we wait until we > get an official request from the usual channels. > > Rebecca > > On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Michael Everson wrote: > > > Ulster Scots is a HOT political item. There was > > an editorial about it this week in the > > Irish-language daily newspaper Lá. There is > > nothing neutral about this. Please be careful. > > -- > > Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com > >